mahati

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Pali

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Alternative forms

Verb

mahati (root mah, first conjugation)

  1. to honour, to revere

Adjective

mahati

  1. inflection of mahant:
    1. masculine/neuter locative singular
    2. feminine vocative singular

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mahati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎːxati/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧ti

Verb

máhati impf (Cyrillic spelling ма́хати)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to wave (with arm, tail, wing etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mahati
Infinitive: mahati Present verbal adverb: mášūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: máhānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present mašem mašeš maše mašemo mašete mašu
Future Future I mahat ću1
mahaću 		mahat ćeš1
mahaćeš 		mahat će1
mahaće 		mahat ćemo1
mahaćemo 		mahat ćete1
mahaćete 		mahat će1
mahaće
Future II bȕdēm mahao2 bȕdēš mahao2 bȕdē mahao2 bȕdēmo mahali2 bȕdēte mahali2 bȕdū mahali2
Past Perfect mahao sam2 mahao si2 mahao je2 mahali smo2 mahali ste2 mahali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam mahao2 bȉo si mahao2 bȉo je mahao2 bíli smo mahali2 bíli ste mahali2 bíli su mahali2
Imperfect mahah mahaše mahaše mahasmo mahaste mahahu
Conditional I mahao bih2 mahao bi2 mahao bi2 mahali bismo2 mahali biste2 mahali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih mahao2 bȉo bi mahao2 bȉo bi mahao2 bíli bismo mahali2 bíli biste mahali2 bíli bi mahali2
Imperative — maši — mašimo mašite —
Active past participle mahao m / mahala f / mahalo n mahali m / mahale f / mahala n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

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Further reading

  • “mahati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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