anicca

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali anicca.

Noun

anicca (uncountable)

1. (Buddhism) Impermanence, the doctrine claiming that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient. One of the three marks of existence.

Alternative forms

• anitya

Translations

impermanence

• Burmese: အနိစ္စ (my) (a.nicca.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無常／无常 (zh) (wúcháng)

• Finnish: pysymättömyys, anicca
• Hindi: अनित्य (hi) (anitya)
• Japanese: 無常 (ja) (むじょう, mujō)
• Khmer: អនិច្ច (km) (ʼaʼnɨccaʼ)
• Korean: 무상(無常) (ko) (musang)
• Lao: ອະນິຈັງ (ʼa ni chang)
• Marathi: अनित्य (mr) (anitya)
• Mongolian: мөнх бус (mönx bus)
• Pali: anicca
• Russian: ани́тья f (anítʹja), ани́чча f (aníčča), бре́нность (ru) f (brénnostʹ)
• Sanskrit: अनित्य (sa) (anitya)
• Shan: ဢၼိၵ်ႈၸႃႉ (ʼǎ nīk tsâ̰a)
• Spanish: impermanencia f
• Thai: อนิจจัง (à-nít-jang)
• Tibetan: མི་རྟག་པ (mi rtag pa)
• Vietnamese: vô thường (vi) (無常)

Anagrams

• acacin

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀦𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• अनिच्च (Devanagari script)
• অনিচ্চ (Bengali script)
• අනිච‍්ච (Sinhalese script)
• အနိစ္စ or ဢၼိၸ္ၸ or ဢၼိၸ်ၸ (Burmese script)
• อนิจฺจ or อะนิจจะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨶᩥᨧ᩠ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ອນິຈ຺ຈ or ອະນິຈຈະ (Lao script)
• អនិច្ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄚𑄨𑄌𑄴𑄌 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अनित्य (anitya). Morphologically, a- +‎ nicca.

Adjective

anicca

1. impermanent

Declension

Declension table of "anicca" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	anicco	aniccā
Accusative (second)	aniccaṃ	anicce
Instrumental (third)	aniccena	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Dative (fourth)	aniccassa or aniccāya or aniccatthaṃ	aniccānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aniccasmā or aniccamhā or aniccā	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Genitive (sixth)	aniccassa	aniccānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aniccasmiṃ or aniccamhi or anicce	aniccesu
Vocative (calling)	anicca	aniccā

Declension table of "aniccā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	aniccā	aniccāyo or aniccā
Accusative (second)	aniccaṃ	aniccāyo or aniccā
Instrumental (third)	aniccāya	aniccāhi or aniccābhi
Dative (fourth)	aniccāya	aniccānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aniccāya	aniccāhi or aniccābhi
Genitive (sixth)	aniccāya	aniccānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aniccāya or aniccāyaṃ	aniccāsu
Vocative (calling)	anicce	aniccāyo or aniccā

Declension table of "anicca" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	aniccaṃ	aniccāni
Accusative (second)	aniccaṃ	aniccāni
Instrumental (third)	aniccena	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Dative (fourth)	aniccassa or aniccāya or aniccatthaṃ	aniccānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aniccasmā or aniccamhā or aniccā	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Genitive (sixth)	aniccassa	aniccānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aniccasmiṃ or aniccamhi or anicce	aniccesu
Vocative (calling)	anicca	aniccāni

Noun

anicca n

1. impermanence

Declension

Declension table of "anicca" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	aniccaṃ	aniccāni
Accusative (second)	aniccaṃ	aniccāni
Instrumental (third)	aniccena	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Dative (fourth)	aniccassa or aniccāya or aniccatthaṃ	aniccānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aniccasmā or aniccamhā or aniccā	aniccehi or aniccebhi
Genitive (sixth)	aniccassa	aniccānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aniccasmiṃ or aniccamhi or anicce	aniccesu
Vocative (calling)	anicca	aniccāni