sīdati

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Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati, “to sit”).

Verb

sīdati (root sad, first conjugation)

  1. to sink,[1] to subside,[1] to settle[1]
  2. to be dejected,[1] to be despondent,[1] to yield,[1] to give way[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "sīdati"
ActiveMiddle
SingularPluralSingularPlural
Present
1stsīdāmisīdāmasīdesīdāmhe
2ndsīdasisīdathasīdasesīdavhe
3rdsīdatisīdantisīdatesīdante or sīdare
Imperative
1stsīdāmisīdāmasīdesīdāmase
2ndsīda or sīdāhisīdathasīdassusīdavho
3rdsīdatusīdantusīdataṃsīdantaṃ
Optative
1stsīdeyyāmi or sīdeyyaṃ or sīdesīdeyyāmasīdeyyaṃsīdeyyāmhe
2ndsīdeyyāsi or sīdesīdeyyāthasīdethosīdeyyavho
3rdsīdeyya or sīdesīdeyyuṃsīdethasīderaṃ
  • Present active participle: sīdant, which see for forms and usage
  • Present middle participle: sīdamāna, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms

Trivia

Some[2] give the root as sīd, presumably because the reduplication by which the special base is formed is opaque.

Adjective

sīdati

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of sīdant, present active participle of the verb above

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ^ Warder A.K. (2001) Introduction to Pali (overall work in English), Oxford: The Pali Text Society, page 380
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