treka
Keywords: discourse
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'tre.ga |
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| Part of Speech: | modifier |
| Class: | pali |
| Forms: | treka, trekan |
| Glosses: | certain, sure, definite, certainty |
Description:
The term 'treka' refers to sureness or certainty.
Modifier:
As a modifier, 'treka' states that its referent is certain or sure - unlike 'zra', which asserts the truth or goodness of its referent, 'treka' refers to the depth of belief in the referent.
Verb:
The verb form 'trekan' means to be sure or certain. It is an intransitive pali verb that takes an absolutive subject that is feeling a state of certainty. The thing about which one is certain can be introduced with the null preposition (hence, it functions like a coplular verb of feeling).
Noun:
As a noun, 'trekan' refers to the state of certainty, or to a certain thing.