शक्नोति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শক্নোতি (Assamese script)
ᬰᬓ᭄ᬦᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শক্নোতি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰎𑰿𑰡𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀓𑁆𑀦𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐက္နောတိ (Burmese script)
શક્નોતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਕ੍ਨੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦏ꧀ꦤꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂍𑂹𑂢𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶಕ್ನೋತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝក្នោតិ (Khmer script)
ຨກ຺ໂນຕິ (Lao script)
ശക്നോതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᡬᠨᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘎𑘿𑘡𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢉᠨᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦮𑧠𑧁𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐎𑑂𑐣𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶକ୍ନୋତି (Odia script)
ꢯꢒ꣄ꢥꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆑𑇀𑆤𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖎𑖿𑖡𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශක‍්නොති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩜 𑪙𑩯𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶக்நோதி (Tamil script)
శక్నోతి (Telugu script)
ศกฺโนติ (Thai script)
ཤ་ཀྣོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒏𑓂𑒢𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨋𑩇𑨝𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti

Sanskrit श॒क्नोति॑ (śaknóti)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱₔk-néw-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, “to agree”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐk.nɐ́w.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐk.n̪oː.t̪i/

Verb

श॒क्नोति॑ • (śaknóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root शक्)

to be strong or powerful, be able
to help
to yield, give way
to be compelled

Conjugation

Present: शक्नोति (śaknóti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	शक्नोति śaknóti	शक्नुतः śaknutáḥ	शक्नुवन्ति śaknuvánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	शक्नोषि śaknóṣi	शक्नुथः śaknutháḥ	शक्नुथ śaknuthá	- -	- -	- -
First	शक्नोमि śaknómi	शक्नुवः śaknuváḥ	शक्नुमः / शक्नुमसि¹ śaknumáḥ / śaknumási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	शक्नोतु śaknótu	शक्नुताम् śaknutā́m	शक्नुवन्तु śaknuvántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	शक्नुहि śaknuhí	शक्नुतम् śaknutám	शक्नुत śaknutá	- -	- -	- -
First	शक्नवानि śaknávāni	शक्नवाव śaknávāva	शक्नवाम śaknávāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	शक्नुयात् śaknuyā́t	शक्नुयाताम् śaknuyā́tām	शक्नुयुः śaknuyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	शक्नुयाः śaknuyā́ḥ	शक्नुयातम् śaknuyā́tam	शक्नुयात śaknuyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	शक्नुयाम् śaknuyā́m	शक्नुयाव śaknuyā́va	शक्नुयाम śaknuyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	शक्नवत् / शक्नवति śaknávat / śaknávati	शक्नवतः śaknávataḥ	शक्नवन् śaknávan	- -	- -	- -
Second	शक्नवः / शक्नवसि śaknávaḥ / śaknávasi	शक्नवथः śaknávathaḥ	शक्नवथ śaknávatha	- -	- -	- -
First	शक्नवानि / शक्नवा śaknávāni / śaknávā	शक्नवाव śaknávāva	शक्नवाम śaknávāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	शक्नुवत् śaknuvát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अशक्नोत् (áśaknot)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अशक्नोत् áśaknot	अशक्नुताम् áśaknutām	अशक्नुवन् áśaknuvan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अशक्नोः áśaknoḥ	अशक्नुतम् áśaknutam	अशक्नुत áśaknuta	- -	- -	- -
First	अशक्नवम् áśaknavam	अशक्नुव áśaknuva	अशक्नुम áśaknuma	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

Pali: sakkoti
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀇 (sakkei), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkaṇodi), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkuṇodi) — Śaurasenī
- Apabhramsa: सक्कइ (sakkaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शक्नोति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044.