पपात

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পপাত (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬧᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• পপাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰢𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀧𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ပပါတ (Burmese script)
• પપાત (Gujarati script)
• ਪਪਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌪𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦥꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂣𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಪಾತ (Kannada script)
• បបាត (Khmer script)
• ປປາຕ (Lao script)
• പപാത (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘢𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢒᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧂𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐥𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ପପାତ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢦꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆥𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖢𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• පපාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩰𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚞𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• பபாத (Tamil script)
• పపాత (Telugu script)
• ปปาต (Thai script)
• པ་པཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒣𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨞𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pe-pót-e ~ *pe-pt-ḗr, perfect from the root *pet- (“to fly, fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.pɑ́ː.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpɑː.t̪ɐ/

Verb

पपात • (papā́ta) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root पत्)

1. perfect of पत् (pat, “to fly, fall”)

Conjugation

Perfect: पपात (papā́ta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	पपात papā́ta	पेततुः petátuḥ	पेतुः petúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	पपत्थ / पेतिथ¹ papáttha / petithá¹	पेतथुः petáthuḥ	पेत petá	- -	- -	- -
First	पपत / पपात¹ papáta / papā́ta¹	पेतिव petivá	पेतिम petimá	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	पेतिवांस् petivā́ṃs			- -
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit

The Rigveda mostly has पप्त् (papt) as weak stem instead of later पेत् (pet):

Perfect: पपात (papā́ta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	पपात papā́ta	पप्ततुः paptátuḥ	पप्तुः paptúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	पपत्थ papáttha	पप्तथुः paptáthuḥ	पप्त paptá	- -	- -	- -
First	पपत papáta	पप्तिव paptivá	पप्तिम paptimá	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	पप्तिवांस् paptivā́ṃs			- -

The Atharvaveda has a 3sg. optative पपत्यात् (papatyāt).

References

• Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2024) “*pet-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²‎^[1]
• Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2000) Das Perfekt im Indoiranischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert, pages 293-6