Sabbassa so dāmhi vā

Optionally, when ‘dā’ follows, [there is] ‘sa’ of “sabba”.

Kaccāyana 260
Rūpasiddhi 277
Saddanīti 508
Nāma-Kappa · Pañcama-Kaṇḍa

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260. 277. Sabbassa so dāmhi vā (508)

[Sabbassa + so + dāmhi + vā = 4 words]

Sabba icc etassa sakārādeso hoti vā dāmhi paccaye pare.

Sadā, sabbadā.

Optionally, when ‘dā’ follows, [there is] ‘sa’ of “sabba”.

Optionally, when the suffix ‘dā’ follows, “sabba” is substituted by ‘sa’.

Examples

Sadā = sabba + dā (‘dā’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection to indicate time (§257); “sabba” is substituted by ‘sa’ (§260)).
Sabbadā = sabba + dā (‘dā’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection to indicate time (§257)).

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Declension paradigms §260

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