शयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬰᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐယတိ (Burmese script)
શયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝយតិ (Khmer script)
ຨຍຕິ (Lao script)
ശയതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶଯତି (Odia script)
ꢯꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශයති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶயதி (Tamil script)
శయతి (Telugu script)
ศยติ (Thai script)
ཤ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

शयति • (śayati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root शी)

to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose
to remain unused
to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep
to lie down to a husband (for copulation)

Conjugation

Present: शयति (śayati), शयते (śayate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	शयति śayati	शयतः śayataḥ	शयन्ति śayanti	शयते śayate	शयेते śayete	शयन्ते śayante
Second	शयसि śayasi	शयथः śayathaḥ	शयथ śayatha	शयसे śayase	शयेथे śayethe	शयध्वे śayadhve
First	शयामि śayāmi	शयावः śayāvaḥ	शयामः / शयामसि¹ śayāmaḥ / śayāmasi¹	शये śaye	शयावहे śayāvahe	शयामहे śayāmahe
Imperative
Third	शयतु śayatu	शयताम् śayatām	शयन्तु śayantu	शयताम् śayatām	शयेताम् śayetām	शयन्ताम् śayantām
Second	शय śaya	शयतम् śayatam	शयत śayata	शयस्व śayasva	शयेथाम् śayethām	शयध्वम् śayadhvam
First	शयानि śayāni	शयाव śayāva	शयाम śayāma	शयै śayai	शयावहै śayāvahai	शयामहै śayāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	शयेत् śayet	शयेताम् śayetām	शयेयुः śayeyuḥ	शयेत śayeta	शयेयाताम् śayeyātām	शयेरन् śayeran
Second	शयेः śayeḥ	शयेतम् śayetam	शयेत śayeta	शयेथाः śayethāḥ	शयेयाथाम् śayeyāthām	शयेध्वम् śayedhvam
First	शयेयम् śayeyam	शयेव śayeva	शयेम śayema	शयेय śayeya	शयेवहि śayevahi	शयेमहि śayemahi
Subjunctive
Third	शयात् / शयाति śayāt / śayāti	शयातः śayātaḥ	शयान् śayān	शयाते / शयातै śayāte / śayātai	शयैते śayaite	शयन्त / शयान्तै śayanta / śayāntai
Second	शयाः / शयासि śayāḥ / śayāsi	शयाथः śayāthaḥ	शयाथ śayātha	शयासे / शयासै śayāse / śayāsai	शयैथे śayaithe	शयाध्वै śayādhvai
First	शयानि śayāni	शयाव śayāva	शयाम śayāma	शयै śayai	शयावहै śayāvahai	शयामहै śayāmahai
Participles
	शयत् śayat			शयमान śayamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अशयत् (aśayat), अशयत (aśayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अशयत् aśayat	अशयताम् aśayatām	अशयन् aśayan	अशयत aśayata	अशयेताम् aśayetām	अशयन्त aśayanta
Second	अशयः aśayaḥ	अशयतम् aśayatam	अशयत aśayata	अशयथाः aśayathāḥ	अशयेथाम् aśayethām	अशयध्वम् aśayadhvam
First	अशयम् aśayam	अशयाव aśayāva	अशयाम aśayāma	अशये aśaye	अशयावहि aśayāvahi	अशयामहि aśayāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077, column 1.