ruil
Keywords: biology, philosophy
Pronunciation (IPA): | 'ru.il |
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Part of Speech: | term verb noun |
Class: | pali |
Forms: | ruil, ruilka, ruilys, ruilysyn |
Glosses: | awake, awakened, wake, awaken, waken, wise, wisdom, Buddha |
Description:
The term 'ruil' has to do with awakening.
Verb:
As a verb, ruil is an intransitive pali verb meaning to awaken or wake up, with an absolutive waker. The causative skurun form means to wake someone, and adds an ergative one who wakes another. To say one is awake, either using the perfect form or a copular expression with the modifier form ruilys is idiomatic. However, you can also say ruil directly to say to be awake, expressing the philosophical idea that awakening is something you do continuously through adherence to the Eightfold Path. While Buddhism is a minority religion in the New World Order, it is highly influential and since ideas have bled into general culture
Noun:
The noun form means an awakening. The derived form ruilka is popular, an awakened person. It is a popular idiom for someone who is wise or who "gets it," and is also the native word for a Buddha. The derived form 'ruilysyn' is a word meaning 'wisdom', often in a spirituasl sense.
Modifier:
The modifier form ruilys means 'awake', and can be used in a copular expression to indicate being awake as opposed to the change in state the bare verb emphasises. It can also be a word for 'wise', usually in some kind of spiritual sense.