प्रतिभाति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ भाति (bhāti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ti.bʱɑː.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t̪iˈbʱɑː.t̪i/

Verb

प्रतिभाति • (pratibhāti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, present, root प्रतिभा)

to shine upon (accusative case)
to come in sight; show, present or offer one's self to (genitive or accusative case)
to appear to the mind, flash upon the thoughts, become clear or manifest, occur to
नोत्तरं प्रतिभाति मे
nottaraṃ pratibhāti me
No answer occurs to me.
to seem or appear; to seem or appear to (genitive or accusative case)
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 4.27.39:
  शोकश्च मम विस्तीर्णो वर्षाश्च भृशदुर्गमाः ।
  रावणश्च महाञ्शत्रुरपारं प्रतिभाति मे ॥
  śokaśca mama vistīrṇo varṣāśca bhṛśadurgamāḥ.
  rāvaṇaśca mahāñśatrurapāraṃ pratibhāti me.
  My grief is without bourn, the rains close every avenue. And Ravana appears to me a formidable and invincible foe.
- 1998, Mahābaleśvara Bhaṭṭa, कारकम् [kārakam], Bengaluru: Saṃskṛtabhāratī, →OCLC, page 30:
  गृहम् अभितः तृणानि सन्ति । विद्यालयं परितः छात्राः क्रीडन्ति । बुभुक्षितं न प्रतिभाति किञ्चित् ।
  gṛham abhitaḥ tṛṇāni santi. vidyālayaṃ paritaḥ chātrāḥ krīḍanti. bubhukṣitaṃ na pratibhāti kiñcit.
  There is grass near the house. Students are playing around the school. No one seems hungry.
to seem fit, appear good, please to
सा भार्या प्रतिभाति मे
sā bhāryā pratibhāti me
She seems fit to me as a wife.

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रतिभाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 668, column 2.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pratibhā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.