rakkhati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• रक्खति (Devanagari script)
• রক্খতি (Bengali script)
• රක‍්ඛති (Sinhalese script)
• ရက္ခတိ or ရၵ္ၶတိ or ရၵ်ၶတိ (Burmese script)
• รกฺขติ or รักขะติ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨠ᩠ᨡᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣກ຺ຂຕິ or ຣັກຂະຕິ (Lao script)
• រក្ខតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रक्षति (rákṣati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti. Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï).

Verb

rakkhati (root rakkh, first conjugation)

1. to protect

Conjugation

Conjugation of "rakkhati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	rakkhāmi	rakkhāma	rakkhe	rakkhāmhe
2nd	rakkhasi	rakkhatha	rakkhase	rakkhavhe
3rd	rakkhati	rakkhanti	rakkhate	rakkhante or rakkhare
Imperative
1st	rakkhāmi	rakkhāma	rakkhe	rakkhāmase
2nd	rakkha or rakkhāhi	rakkhatha	rakkhassu	rakkhavho
3rd	rakkhatu	rakkhantu	rakkhataṃ	rakkhantaṃ
Optative
1st	rakkheyyāmi or rakkheyyaṃ or rakkhe	rakkheyyāma	rakkheyyaṃ	rakkheyyāmhe
2nd	rakkheyyāsi or rakkhe	rakkheyyātha	rakkhetho	rakkheyyavho
3rd	rakkheyya or rakkhe	rakkheyyuṃ	rakkhetha	rakkheraṃ

• Present active participle: rakkhant, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: rakkhamāna, which see for forms and usage