duḥkhá mfn. (according to grammarians properly written duṣ-kha and said to be from dus and kha [cf. su-khá]; but more probably a Prākritized form for duḥ-stha, q.v.) uneasy, uncomfortable, unpleasant, difficult, [R.]; [Hariv.] (compar. -tara, [MBh.]; [R.])
duḥkhá n. (ifc. f(A). ) uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, difficulty, [ŚBr. xiv, 7, 2, 15]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (personified as the son of Naraka and Vedanā, [VP.])
duḥkhá n. impers. it is difficult to or to be (inf. with an acc. or nom. [R. vii, 6, 38]; [Bhag. v, 6])
duḥkham -√ as, to be sad or uneasy, [Ratn. iv, 19/20]
-√ kṛ, to cause or feel pain, [Yājñ. ii, 218]; [MBh. xii, 5298.]
Nom. P. °khati, to pain, [SaddhP.]