sīdati

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀲𑀻𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • सीदति (Devanagari script)
  • সীদতি (Bengali script)
  • සීදති (Sinhalese script)
  • သီဒတိ or သဳဒတိ or သီၻတိ (Burmese script)
  • สีทติ or สีทะติ (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩦᨴᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສີທຕິ or ສີທະຕິ (Lao script)
  • សីទតិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄩𑄘𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

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. 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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