father
■ Cases: sg. nom. pitā SN.i.182; Dhp.43; Ja.v.379; Snp-a.423; acc. pitaraṃ Dhp.294; pituṃ Cp.ii.9#3; instr. pitarā Ja.iii.37, pitunā, petyā Ja.v.214; dat. gen. pitu MN.iii.176; Ja.iv.137; Ja.vi.365 Ja.vi.589; & pituno Vin.i.17 (cp. Prk. piuṇo); abl. pitarā Ja.v.214; loc. pitari
■ pl. nom. pitaro Snp.404; Ja.iv.1; Pv-a.38, Pv-a.54 (mātā˚); acc. pitaro Pv-a.17, pitare, pitū Thig.433; instr. pitarehi & pitūhi; dat. gen pitunnaṃ Ja.iii.83; (mātā˚); Ja.vi.389 (id.); Pv.ii.8#4 pitūnaṃ Iti.110; loc. pitusu Thig.499; Ja.i.152 (mātā˚) and pitūsu Pv-a.3 (mātā˚). Further: abl. sg. pitito by the father’s side DN.i.113 (+ mātito); AN.iii.151; Ja.v.214
■ AN.i.62, AN.i.132, AN.i.138 sq.; Snp.296, Snp.579 (paralokato na pitā tāyate puttaṃ); Cnd.441 (= yo so janako) Ja.i.412 (= tāta); Ja.v.20; Vb-a.108 (where pretty popular etym. is given with “piyāyatī ti pitā”), Vb-a.154 (in simile). Of Brahmā: DN.i.18, cp. DN-a.i.112; of Inda Ja.v.153. There is sometimes a distinction made between the father as such and the grandfather (or ancestors in gen.) with culla˚; (cūḷa˚), i.e. little and mahā˚; i.e. grand-father e.g. at Ja.i.115 (+ ayyaka); Pv-a.107. The collective term for “parents” is mātāpitaro (pl. not dual), e.g. Snp.404; Ja.i.152; Ja.iii.83; Ja.iv.1; Pv-a.107. On similes of father and son op. J.P.T.S. 1907, 112. In compounds there are the 3 bases pitā, piti˚ & pitu˚.
- pitā˚ ˚putta father & son Ja.i.253; pl. -puttā fathers & sons or parents & children Ja.iv.115; Ja.vi.84. -mahā grandfather Pv.ii.8#4; Ja.ii.263; DN-a.i.281; Pv-a.41; -mahāyuga age of a grandfather (i.e. a generation of ancestors DN.i.113 (see det. expln DN-a.i.281 = Snp-a.462); Snp.p.115 Kp-a.141; petti-pitā-mahā great-grandfathers, all kinds of a