(p. 56) abalīlā dalliance; absence of strain or effort; carefree manner or state; ease; absence of hesitation; promptness, readiness. ̃ক্রমে, ̃ভরে, ̃য় adv. playfully; without strain or effort, without toil and trouble, effortlessly; easily; in a carefree manner; unhesitatingly, promptly, readily. 14)

(p. 631) pā2 a leg; a foot; a paw; a leg of an article of furniture. পা চাটা v. to today, to bootlick. পা চালানো v. to quicken one's steps; to kick, (hum.) to hoof. পা টিপে, পা টিপে টিপে adv. on tiptoe; stealthily. পা দেওয়া v. to set foot on; to step in; to come. পা ধরা same as পায়ে ধরা । পা ধুতেও না আসা v. to avoid visiting or using (a place) out of sheer disgust or abomination. পা বাড়ানো v. to step out, to go out, to leave (ঘর থেকে পা বাড়ানো); to be on the point of going or setting out or departing; to set out. পায়ে ঠেলা v. to reject or abandon or shun scornfully, to spurn at (হাতের লক্ষী পায়ে ঠেলা). পায়ে তেল দেওয়া v. to flatter in a servile manner. পায়ে দলা v. to trample under foot. পায়ে ধরা v. to solicit or importune or supplicate humbly. পায়ে পড়া v. to fall at one's feet in supplication. পায়ের উপর পা দিয়ে থাকা v. (fig.) to lead a carefree life of ease, comfort and indolence. পায়ের পাতা n. an instep; a foot. পায়ে রাখা v. to treat or favour or shelter graciously. পায়ে হাত দেওয়া v. to touch some one's feet in obeisance. পা-চাটা a. footlicking, bootlicking. পা-চাটা লোক a footlicker, a bootlicker, a today. পা-পা করে adv. step by step. পায়ে পায়ে adv. at every step (পায়ে পায়ে বাধা); (of two or more persons or creatures) having one another's legs tied together; (of a single person or creature) having legs tied together (পায়ে পায়ে বাঁধা); with slow but steady steps (পায়ে পায়ে এগোনো); on the back of, pursuing (সে আমার পায়ে পায়ে আসছে). 18)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 1056) hālakā not heavy, light (হালকা ধাতু = light metal); of short weight; easily digested (হালকা খাবার = light meal); easy; mild; gently blowing (হালকা হাওয়া); unimportant, negligible, frivolous (হালকা ব্যাপার); airy (হালকা কথা); carefree (হালকা মন); light (in all the foregoing senses). হালকা করা v. to lighten; to reduce the amount of (কাজ হালকা করা); to disburden, to relieve (মন হালকা করা). হালকাভাবে গ্রহণ করা to take or treat lightly. 2)