निपात

See also: नपात् and नप्तृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬦᬶᬧᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• নিপাত (Assamese script)
• নিপাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰢𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• નિપાત (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਪਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦤꦶꦥꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• និបាត (Khmer script)
• ನಿಪಾತ (Kannada script)
• ນິປາຕ (Lao script)
• നിപാത (Malayalam script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘢𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠨᢈᢒᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠨᡳᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• နိပါတ (Burmese script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧂𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐥𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ନିପାତ (Oriya script)
• ꢥꢶꢦꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆥𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖢𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• නිපාත (Sinhalese script)
• నిపాత (Telugu script)
• นิปาต (Thai script)
• ནི་པཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒣𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From नि- (ni-) +‎ पात (pāta), vṛddhi derivative of पत् (pat, “to fall”). Compare Old Armenian նպատակ (npatak).

Noun

निपात • (nipāta) m

1. descent, falling
2. attack
3. destruction, ruin, decay, death
4. throw, hurl, discharge (Kum.)
5. accidental occurrence or mention (Nir., ĀśvŚr.)
6. (grammar) irregular form, exception
7. (grammar) particle (Nir., Prāt., Pāṇ.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निपात
Nom. sg.	निपातः (nipātaḥ)
Gen. sg.	निपातस्य (nipātasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निपातः (nipātaḥ)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपाताः (nipātāḥ)
Vocative	निपात (nipāta)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपाताः (nipātāḥ)
Accusative	निपातम् (nipātam)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपातान् (nipātān)
Instrumental	निपातेन (nipātena)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातैः (nipātaiḥ)
Dative	निपाताय (nipātāya)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातेभ्यः (nipātebhyaḥ)
Ablative	निपातात् (nipātāt)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातेभ्यः (nipātebhyaḥ)
Genitive	निपातस्य (nipātasya)	निपातयोः (nipātayoḥ)	निपातानाम् (nipātānām)
Locative	निपाते (nipāte)	निपातयोः (nipātayoḥ)	निपातेषु (nipāteṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “निपात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0549.