5-20: Feminine Forms of the Pronominal Adjective sabba

5-20: Sabbanāma-itthiliṅgarūpāni - sabbā
5-20: Feminine Forms of the Pronominal Adjective - sabbā

Sabbanāma-itthiliṅgarūpāni sabbā-saddo vuccante
The Feminine forms of the Pronominal Adjective
are illustrated with the declineable word sabbā

singular:	plural:	case:
-ā	-ā -āyo	nomimative - paṭhamā
-e	-ā -āyo	vocative - (paṭhamā)
-aṁ	-ā -āyo	accusative - dutiyā
-assā -āya	-āhi -ābhi	instrumental - tatiyā
-assā -āya	-āsaṁ -āsānaṁ	dative - catutthī
-āya	-āhi -ābhi	ablative - pañcamī
-assā -āya	-āsaṁ -āsānaṁ	genitive - chaṭṭhī
-assaṁ -āyaṁ	-āsu	locative - sattamī

Sabbā alaṅkatā Laṅkā therassa viya āsi ca Mhv. XX, v. 53.⁰¹ (nom. sing.)
All Laṅkā was decorated as for the elder

Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā gahakūṭaṁ visaṁkhitaṁ From the first words of the Buddha, quoted from Dhp. v. 154, and elsewhere.⁰² (nom. plur.)
Sabbāyo te phāsukā bhaggā gahakūṭaṁ visaṁkhitaṁ
All your rafters have been broken, and the ridgepole has been destroyed

Bho sabbe ca paje! Tvaṁ pi dānaṁ dadāhi sabbadā (voc. sing.)
All good people! You must give gifts everyday

Bho sabbā pajā! Tumhe sīlaṁ rakkhatha sabbadā (voc. plur.)
Bho sabbāyo pajā! Tumhe sīlaṁ rakkhatha sabbadā
All good people! You must protect morality everyday

Sabbaṁ diṭṭhiṁ jahitvāna, sammādiṭṭhiṁ ca bhāvaye (acc. sing.)
Having given up all wrong view, you should develop right view

Sabbā diṭṭhiyo hantvā, khemaṁ gacchanti paṇḍitā (acc. plur.)
Sabbāyo diṭṭhiyo hantvā, khemaṁ gacchanti paṇḍitā
Having destroyed all wrong views, the wise go the place of safety

Sabbassā assu kaññāya niccaṁ kammaṁ karīyate Ven. Devamitta's spelling of these forms varied, karīyy-, kariyy-, and karīy- are all found in the original; here the spelling has been standardised throughout.⁰³ (agent. inst. sing.)
Sabbāya assu kaññāya niccaṁ kammaṁ karīyate
Constantly work is done, for sure, by all the young ladies

Sabbāhi cāpi itthīhi pāpakammaṁ karīyate (agent. inst. plur.)
Bad deeds are done by all women

Sabbassā pana vijjāya jīvantī ti mahājanā (inst. sing.)
Sabbāya pana vijjāya jīvantī ti mahājanā
Because of all the sciences people are said to live

Sabbāhi ca nadīheva khettaṁ vapati kassako (inst. plur.)
Because of all the streams the farmer sows his field

Sabbassā assu kaññāya cittaṁ na deti paṇḍito (dat. sing.)
Sabbāya assu kaññāya cittaṁ na deti paṇḍito
The wise man surely does not give thought to all the young ladies Because of the way English grammar works, this comes out as plural, though in the Pāḷi it is singular.⁰⁴

Sabbāsānaṁ nadīnaṁ ca visaṁ na deti paṇḍito (dat. plur.)
Sabbāsaṁ nadīnaṁ ca visaṁ na deti paṇḍito
The wise man does not put poison in all the streams

Sabbāya Sabbassā is the form given in the original, though it seems to me that is not a correct form for the ablative.⁰⁵ pana taṇhāya vimuttassa natthi bhayaṁ (abl. sing.)
There is nothing to fear from freedom from all craving

Sabbāhi pana kaññāhi abhirūpāṅganā ayaṁ (abl. plur.)
Lovely women (develop) from all the young ladies

Sabbassā assu kaññāya ābharaṇaṁ manoramaṁ (gen. sing.)
Sabbāya assu kaññāya ābharaṇaṁ manoramaṁ
All the young ladies' delightful ornaments

Sabbāsānaṁ pana gaṅgānaṁ mahogho hoti sabbadā (gen. plur.)
Sabbāsaṁ pana gaṅgānaṁ mahogho hoti sabbadā
All the rivers have a great flood everyday

Sabbassaṁ neva kaññāya cittaṁ ramati paṇḍito (loc. sing.)
Sabbāyaṁ neva kaññāya cittaṁ ramati paṇḍito
The wise man does not delight in thought about all the young ladies

Sabbāsu ceva gaṅgāsu macchā caranti sabbadā ti (loc. plur.)
Fish swim everyday in all the rivers