sīdati
Pali
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati, “to sit”).
Verb
[edit]sīdati (root sad, first conjugation)
- to sink,[1] to subside,[1] to settle[1]
- to be dejected,[1] to be despondent,[1] to yield,[1] to give way[1]
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "sīdati"
| Active | Middle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Present | ||||
| 1st | sīdāmi | sīdāma | sīde | sīdāmhe |
| 2nd | sīdasi | sīdatha | sīdase | sīdavhe |
| 3rd | sīdati | sīdanti | sīdate | sīdante or sīdare |
| Imperative | ||||
| 1st | sīdāmi | sīdāma | sīde | sīdāmase |
| 2nd | sīda or sīdāhi | sīdatha | sīdassu | sīdavho |
| 3rd | sīdatu | sīdantu | sīdataṃ | sīdantaṃ |
| Optative | ||||
| 1st | sīdeyyāmi or sīdeyyaṃ or sīde | sīdeyyāma | sīdeyyaṃ | sīdeyyāmhe |
| 2nd | sīdeyyāsi or sīde | sīdeyyātha | sīdetho | sīdeyyavho |
| 3rd | sīdeyya or sīde | sīdeyyuṃ | sīdetha | sīderaṃ |
- Present active participle: sīdant, which see for forms and usage
- Present middle participle: sīdamāna, which see for forms and usage
Derived terms
[edit]Trivia
[edit]Some[2] give the root as sīd, presumably because the reduplication by which the special base is formed is opaque.
Adjective
[edit]sīdati
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.
- ^ Warder A.K. (2001) Introduction to Pali (overall work in English), Oxford: The Pali Text Society, page 380