niggaṇhāti

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Etymology

ni- +‎ gaṇhāti and ni- +‎ gaṇhati

Although there is a Vedic Sanskrit verb निगृह्णाति (nigṛhṇāti, “to hold back”), the gemination of the initial of the simplex after prefixes, as in the aorist aggahi, indicates an intermediate stage with the full grade of the root rather than the zero grade.

Verb

niggaṇhāti (root gah, fifth conjugation)

  1. to restrain
  2. to rebuke

Conjugation

Conjugation of "niggaṇhāti"
SingularPlural
Present
1stniggaṇhāminiggaṇhāma
2ndniggaṇhāsi or niggaṇhasiniggaṇhātha or niggaṇhatha
3rdniggaṇhāti or niggaṇhatiniggaṇhanti
Imperative
1stniggaṇhāminiggaṇhāma
2ndniggaṇhā or niggaṇhāhi or niggaṇhaniggaṇhātha or niggaṇhatha
3rdniggaṇhātu or niggaṇhatuniggaṇhantu
Optative
1stniggaṇheyyāmi or niggaṇheyyaṃ or niggaṇheniggaṇheyyāma
2ndniggaṇheyyāsi or niggaṇheniggaṇheyyātha
3rdniggaṇheyya or niggaṇheniggaṇheyyuṃ
  • Present active participle: niggaṇhant, which see for forms and usage
  • Past passive participle: niggahīta, which see for forms and usage
  • Past passive participle: niggahita, which see for forms and usage
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