adjective stable, constant, permanent; fixed, regular certain, sure DN.i.18; SN.i.142; SN.iv.370; AN.ii.33; Ja.i.19 Ja.v.121 (˚sassataṃ maraṇaṃ); Ja.iii.325; Bv.ii.82; Mil.114 (na tā nadiyo dh-salilā). Mil.334 (˚phala); Vism.77; DN-a.i.112 (maraṇaṃ apassanto dh.), DN-a.i.150 (= thāvara); Dhp-a.iii.170 (adhuvaṃ jīvitaṃ dhuvaṃ maraṇaṃ); Thag-a.241 Sdhp.331
■ nt. permanence, stability MN.i.326; Dhp.147. Also epithet of Nibbāna (see ˚gāmin)
■ nt. as adv dhuvaṃ continuously, constantly, always Ja.ii.24 = Mil.172; Pv-a.207; certainly Ja.i.18, Ja.v.103
■ adhuva (addhuva) changing, unstable, impermanent DN.i.19 (anicca a. appāyuka); MN.i.326; SN.iv.302; Ja.i.393; Ja.iii.19 (addhuva-sīla); Vv-a.77.

• -gāmin leading to permanence, i.e. Nibbāna SN.iv.370 (magga);
• -colā (f.) constantly dressed, of a woman Vin.iii.129;
• -ṭṭhāniya lasting (of shoes) Vin.i.190
• -dhamma one who has reached a stable condition Dhp-a.iii.289;
• -paññatta a permanently appointed (seat Vin.iv.274;
• -bhatta a constant supply of food Vin.i.25 Vin.i.243; Vin.ii.15 (˚ika); Ja.i.449 (where the variant reading dhura˚ seems to be preferable instead of dhuva˚, see dhurabhatta) cp. niccabhatta;
• -yāgu constant (distribution of) rice-gruel Vin.i.292 sq.;
• -lohitā (f.) a woman whose blood is stagnant Vin.iii.129;
• -ssava always discharging, constantly flowing Ja.i.6, Ja.v.35. Dhuta & Dhutanga;

Sk. dhruva, cp. Lith. drúta firm; Goth. triggws = Ohg. triuwi (Ger. treue, trost); Ags. tréowe E. true, of Idg. *dheru, enlarged form of *dher, see dharati