vibhatti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀺𑀪𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• विभत्ति (Devanagari script)
• ৰিভত্তি (Bengali script)
• විභත‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
• ဝိဘတ္တိ or ဝိꧤတ္တိ or ဝိꧤတ်တိ (Burmese script)
• วิภตฺติ or วิภัตติ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩥᨽᨲ᩠ᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ວິຠຕ຺ຕິ or ວິຠັຕຕິ (Lao script)
• វិភត្តិ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄨𑄞𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti) or reconstituted as vi- +‎ bhaj (“to divide”) +‎ -ti. In the grammatical senses, a semantic loan from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti).

Noun

vibhatti f

1. division, partition
2. distinction, modification
3. (paintings) detail
4. inflectional ending of noun or verb
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

5. declension, conjugation
6. (grammar) tense
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[2], page 256; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     हीयत्तनी अज्जतनी इच्चेता विभत्तियो यदा मायोगे तदा सब्बकाले च होन्ति।मा गमा; मा वचा; मा गमी; मा वची॥

     Hīyattanī ajjatanī iccetā vibhattiyo yadā māyoge, tadā sabbakāle ca honti. Mā gamā; mā vacā; mā gamī; mā vacī.

     Imperfect and aorist: These tenses are also for every time whenever in conjunction with 'mā'. Exx: Mā gamā; mā vacā; mā gamī; mā vacī.

Declension

Declension table of "vibhatti" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vibhatti	vibhattiyo or vibhattī
Accusative (second)	vibhattiṃ	vibhattiyo or vibhattī
Instrumental (third)	vibhattiyā	vibhattīhi or vibhattībhi
Dative (fourth)	vibhattiyā	vibhattīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vibhattiyā or vibhattyā	vibhattīhi or vibhattībhi
Genitive (sixth)	vibhattiyā	vibhattīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vibhattiyā or vibhattiyaṃ or vibhattyaṃ	vibhattīsu
Vocative (calling)	vibhatti	vibhattiyo or vibhattī

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vibhatti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead