sīdati

Pali

Alternative forms

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

  • 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