vadhati

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Verb

vadhati (root vadh, first conjugation)

  1. to strike,[1][2] to punish[2]
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:
      3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
      යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති
      3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
      ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati
      He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
      Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)
  2. to kill[1][2]

Conjugation

Conjugation of "vadhati"
ActiveMiddle
SingularPluralSingularPlural
Present
1stvadhāmivadhāma
2ndvadhasivadhatha
3rdvadhativadhanti
Imperative
1stvadhāmivadhāma
2ndvadha or vadhāhivadhathavadhassu
3rdvadhatuvadhantu
Optative
1stvadheyyāmi or vadheyyaṃ or vadhevadheyyāmavadheyyaṃvadheyyāmhe
2ndvadheyyāsi or vadhevadheyyāthavadhethovadheyyavho
3rdvadheyya or vadhevadheyyuṃvadhethavadheraṃ
Aorist
1stavadhiṃ or vadhiṃavadhimha or vadhimha
2ndavadhi or vadhiavadhittha or vadhittha
3rdavadhi or vadhiavadhiṃsu or vadhiṃsu
  • Present active participle: vadhant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

vadhati

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 572.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vadhati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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