लभते

Sanskrit

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Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate)

Sanskrit लभते (labhate)

लभते • (labhate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root लभ्)

to take, seize, catch
to catch sight of, meet with, find
with अन्तरम् (antaram) — to find an opportunity, make an impression, be effective

with अवकाशम् (avakāśam) — to find scope, be appropriate

with कालम् (kālam) — to find the right time or moment
to gain possession of, obtain, receive, conceive, get, receive ("from" +ablative; "as" +accusative), recover ib.
with गर्भम् (garbham) — to conceive an embryo, become pregnant

with पदम् (padam) — to obtain a footing
to gain the power of (doing anything), succeed in, be permitted or allowed to (+infinitive or dative)
labhate draṣṭum, or darśanāya — he is able or allowed to see
to possess, have
to perceive, know, understand, learn, find out
(passive voice) to be taken or caught or met with or found or got or obtained
to be allowed or permitted (infinitive sometimes with passive sense)
nā-dharmo labhyate kartum — injustice ought not to be done
to follow, result
to be comprehended by (+ablative)
(causative) to cause to take or receive or obtain, give, bestow (generally with two accusatives; rarely with accusative and instrumental = to present with)
to get, procure (compare लम्भित (lambhita))
to find out, discover
to cause to suffer
(desiderative) to wish to seize or take or catch or obtain or receive (with accusative or genitive; "from" +ablative)

Present: लभते (labhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लभते labhate	लभेते labhete	लभन्ते labhante
Second	- -	- -	- -	लभसे labhase	लभेथे labhethe	लभध्वे labhadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	लभे labhe	लभावहे labhāvahe	लभामहे labhāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	लभताम् labhatām	लभेताम् labhetām	लभन्ताम् labhantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	लभस्व labhasva	लभेथाम् labhethām	लभध्वम् labhadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लभै labhai	लभावहै labhāvahai	लभामहै labhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	लभेत labheta	लभेयाताम् labheyātām	लभेरन् labheran
Second	- -	- -	- -	लभेथाः labhethāḥ	लभेयाथाम् labheyāthām	लभेध्वम् labhedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	लभेय labheya	लभेवहि labhevahi	लभेमहि labhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	लभाते / लभातै labhāte / labhātai	लभैते labhaite	लभन्त / लभान्तै labhanta / labhāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	लभासे / लभासै labhāse / labhāsai	लभैथे labhaithe	लभाध्वै labhādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	लभै labhai	लभावहै labhāvahai	लभामहै labhāmahai
Participles
	- -			लभमान labhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (lē-, “to find”)
- Kalami: [script needed] (lāgā̃, “to receive”)
- Khowar: لیىک (leik, “to obtain, find”)
- Phalura: [script needed] (lahe-, “to find”)
- Shina: لیوک (layóĭki̯, “to obtain, find”)
  - Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (lhaunṷ)
Pali: labhati
Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï), 𑀮𑀪𑀇 (labhaï), 𑀮𑀳𑁂𑀇 (lahei) (see there for further descendants)

→ Proto-Nuristani:
- Waigali: [script needed] (lā-), [script needed] (lawŕ-)
- Dameli: [script needed] (lay-, “to find”)

Monier Williams (1899) “लभते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0896.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “labhate”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “लभते”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “lemma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page λαμβάνω