The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Labhati
Labhati [later Vedic labh for older rabh, cp. rabhate, rabha, rabhasa. Related are Gr. lamba/nw to get,
la/furon booty; Lat. rabies=E. rabies; Lith. lõbis wealth. -- The Dhtp (204) simply defines as "l!bhe." On
the Prk. forms see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 484. -- See also rabhasa] 1. (the very freq. & ordinary meaning) to
get, to receive, obtain, acquire. -- 2. (fig.) to obtain permission, to receive an opportunity, etc., as
"pabbajitu' sace lacch!mi" if I am allowed to receive the pabbajj! Mhvs 18, 5; or "labham!no niccam pi
kh!ditu -- k!mo 'mhi" if I get the chance I should always like to eat J i.478; and passim (cp. Pass. labbhati
below). The paradigma of labhati shows a great variety of forms owing to its frequent occurrence (cp. E.
"get"). We have selected the most interesting ones. Pres. Ind. labhati rare (late, e. g. Vism 136); usually
med labhate Th 1, 35; Sn 185, 439; 1st sg. labhe Pv i.64; 2nd sg. labhase J ii.220; 3rd pl. labhare S i.110. --
ppr. med. labham!na S i.122 (ot!ra' a˚, cp. iv.178; M i.334); also in Pass. sense "getting taken" PvA 71. --
Opt. 3rd sg. labhe Sn 458, & (med.) labhetha Sn 45, 46, 217; Pv ii.97; also (usual form) labheyya PvA 115.
2nd sg. med. labhetho (=Sk. ˚th!h) Sn 833. -- Imper. 2nd sg. labha It 77; 3rd labhatu PvA 112; med. 2nd sg.
labhassu Th 2, 432; 3rd sg. labhata' D ii.150; 1st pl. (as Hortative) labh!mase Pv i.55 (= labh!ma PvA 27);
& labh!mhase Pv iii.224. -- Fut. 3rd sg. lacchasi (Sk. lapsyati) S i.114; Pv ii.46; iii.37; J ii.60 (M!ro ot!ra'
l.), 258; Miln 126; DhA i.29; SnA 405; ThA 69 (Ap.); 1st sg. lacch!mi M ii.71; 2nd sg. lacchasi Vv 835;
Pv iv.160; 1st pl. lacch!ma J i.54; iv.292; & lacch!mase (med.) Vv 329. Also (the Com. form) labhissati
PvA 190; VvA 136. -- Cond. 1st pl. alabhiss!ma J iii.35; med. 3rd sg. alabhissatha D ii.63. -- Pret. (& aor.)
(a) 3rd sg. alattha D i.176 (alattha pabbajja'); M ii.49; S iv.302; J iv.310; VvA 66, 69; 1st sg. alattha' D
ii.268; Vv 8122; Th 1, 747; DhA iii.313; 2nd sg. alattha S i.114; 1st pl. alatthamha M ii.63; 3rd pl. alatthu'
D ii.274, & alattha'su S i.48. -- (b) (Prohib.) m! laddh! (3rd sg. med.) shall not receive (Sk. alabdha) J
iii.138. (c) labhi Sn 994; 1st sg. labhi' Th 1, 218; 2, 78; J ii.154; VvA 68; & alabhittha' Th 1, 217; 3rd
sg. alabhittha Pv i.77 (spelt bbh); 1st pl. labhimh! (for labhimha) D ii.147. -- Inf. laddhu' J ii.352; DhA
iii.117; PvA 96. -- Ger. laddh! (poet.) Sn 306, 388, 766, 924; laddh!na (poet.) Sn 67 (= laddh!, labhitv!
Nd2 546); It 65; and (ord.) labhitva J i.150; iii.332; PvA 95. Grd. (a): labbhiya (only neg. alabbhiya
what cannot be got) J iv.86; Pv ii.69; labbhaneyya (a˚) (in Com. style as expln of labbhan"ya) J iv.86
(˚&h!na); PvA 65 (˚vatthu), 96 (id.); and labbhan"ya (as a˚ -- &&h!n!ni impossible things) A iii.54 sq. (five
such items), 60 sq. (id.); J iv.59. -- (b): laddhabba J iii.332; PvA 112, 252. -- (c): laddheyya Pv iv.325. --
Caus. labbheti (for *l!bheti, a diff. formn fr. Sk. lambhayati, which is found in P. pa -- lambheti) to make
someone get, to procure, in 1st sg. aor. alabbhesi Vin iv.5=J i.193; DhA iii.213 (v. l. labh˚); and in pres. 3rd
sg. labbheti J iii.353 (=adhigameti C.). -- Pass. labbhati (fig.) to be permitted, to be possible or proper; (or
simply:) it is to be Mhvs 30, 43; KhA 192 (vattu'), 207 (id.). -- pp. laddha. -- Cp. upa˚, pati˚, vi˚.
Labhana
Labhana (nt.) [fr. labh] taking, receiving, gift, acquisition DhA iii.271 (˚bh!va); PvA 73 (˚&&h!na), 121 (id.).
Lamba
Lamba (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. lamb] hanging down, drooping, pendulous S iv.341, 342 (˚c()ak! bha&a hirelings
with large or drooping top -- knots); J ii.185 (˚tthana with hanging breasts); iii.265 (˚c(la -- vihangama);
D!vs ii.61. -- alamba not drooping, thick, short J v.302; vi.3 (˚tthaniyo). -- Cp. !˚, vi˚ & !lambana.
Lambati
Lambati [lamb; cp. Lat. limbus "limb," which may be also in E. limp, lit. "hanging down." -- The Dhtp
defines the root as "ramba lamba avasa'sane" (No. 199),
-- 582 --
as does Dhtm 284] to hang down, to droop, fall Mhvs 32, 70 (lagg!ni lambi'su), 71 (!k!se lambam!n!ni).
Fut. lambah"ti (poet.) J v.302 (=lambissati). -- Caus. lambeti to cause to hang up or to be suspended, to
hang up Mhvs 34, 48. -- Caus. II. lamb!peti id. Mhvs 21, 15. -- pp. lambita. -- Cp. abhi˚, pa˚, vi˚.