Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati, to sit)

Verb edit

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 edit

  • Present active participle: sīdant, which see for forms and usage
  • Present middle participle: sīdamāna, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms edit

Trivia edit

Some[2] give the root as sīd, presumably because the reduplication by which the special base is formed is opaque.

Adjective edit

sīdati

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of sīdant, present active participle of the verb above

References edit

  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