1. (adj.) having rents or fissures, perforated SN.iv.316; Ja.i.419; (fig.) faulty, defective, Vin.i.290.
2. (nt.) a cutting, slit, hole aperture, SN.i.43; Ja.i.170 (eka˚), Ja.i.172, Ja.i.419, Ja.i.503; Ja.ii.244 Ja.ii.261; (kaṇṇa˚); Vism.171, Vism.172 (bhitti˚), Vism.174 (tāḷa˚) Snp-a.248 (akkhi˚); Dhp-a.iii.42; Vv-a.100 (bhitti˚) Pv-a.180 (kaṇṇa˚), Pv-a.253 (read chidde for chinde); fig a fault, defect, flaw Dhp.229 (acchidda-vutti faultless conduct) Mil.94.

• -āvachidda full of breaches and holes Ja.iii.491 Vism.252; Dhp-a.i.122, Dhp-a.i.284 (cp. ˚vichidda); Dhp-a.iii.151
• -kārin inconsistent AN.ii.187;
• -vichidda = ˚âvachidda Ja.i.419; Ja.v.163 (sarīraṃ chiddavichiddaṃ karoti to perforate a body).

cp. Ohg. scetar. For suffix ˚ra, cp. rudhira, etc. Vedic chid + ra. Cp. Sk. chidra