අත්‍ථි
Pali
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Verb
[edit]අත්‍ථි (root as)
- Sinhala script form of atthi (“to be”)
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 192:
- සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.
- Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
- Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.
- 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[2], page 336:
- තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.
- Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
- Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "අත්‍ථි"
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ||
| 1st | අස‍්මි (asmi) or අම‍්හි (amhi) | අස‍්ම (asma) or අම‍්හ (amha) |
| 2nd | අසි (asi) | අත්‍ථ (attha) |
| 3rd | අත්‍ථි (atthi) | සන‍්ති (santi) |
| Imperative | ||
| 1st | අස‍්මි (asmi) or අම‍්හි (amhi) | අස‍්ම (asma) or අම‍්හ (amha) |
| 2nd | අහි (ahi) | අත්‍ථ (attha) |
| 3rd | අත්‍ථු (atthu) | සන‍්තු (santu) |
| Optative | ||
| 1st | අස‍්සං (assaṃ) | අස‍්සාම (assāma) |
| 2nd | අස‍්ස (assa) | අස‍්සථ (assatha) |
| 3rd | අස‍්ස (assa) or සියා (siyā) | අස‍්සු (assu) or සියුං (siyuṃ) |
- Present active participle: සන‍්ත (santa), which see for forms and usage
- Present middle participle: සමාන (samāna), which see for forms and usage
Some regard the optative given above as actually being the conditional.