The corpus record — Pali

abhabba

Abhabba

adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133 ; Iti.106 , Iti.117 ; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189 ); Dhp.32 ; Ja.i.116 ; Pp.13 . -ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility of which there are 9 enumerated among things that are not likely to be found in an Arahant’s characte

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Where it lives

Itivuttaka 2 · 1.73/10k
Sutta Nipata 3 · 1.49/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

adjective impossible, not likely, unable DN.iii.13 sq., DN.iii.19 DN.iii.26 sq., DN.iii.133; Iti.106, Iti.117; Snp.231 (see Kp-a.189); Dhp.32; Ja.i.116; Pp.13.

-ṭṭhāna a (moral) impossibility of which there are 9 enumerated among things that are not likely to be found in an Arahant’s character: see DN.iii.133 & DN.iii.235 (where the five first only are given as a set).

a + bhavya. The Sk. abhavya has a different meaning

In the wild

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.