tāyati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀸𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• तायति (Devanagari script)
• তাযতি (Bengali script)
• තායති (Sinhalese script)
• တာယတိ or တႃယတိ (Burmese script)
• ตายติ or ตายะติ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩣᨿᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕາຍຕິ or ຕາຍະຕິ or ຕາຢະຕິ (Lao script)
• តាយតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit त्रायते (trāyate)

Verb

tāyati (root tā, third conjugation)

1. to protect
   • c. 450 AD, Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga; extract republished as Zachary Scheuren, Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali‎^[1] (PDF), 2019, page 2:

     𑄖𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄂𑄠𑄁 𑅇𑄌𑄚𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮𑅁 𑄌𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄨𑄁 𑄥𑄩𑄣𑄬𑄥𑄪 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄫𑄢𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄂𑄠 𑄛𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄩𑄖𑄨 𑄌𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄁 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄬𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁

     tatrāyaṃ vacanattho. caranti tasmiṃ sīlesu paripūrakāritāya pavattantīti cārittaṃ. vāritaṃ tāyanti rakkhanti tenāti vārittaṃ.

     Here, this is the meaning of the words: cāritta: "They behave within that, they proceed fulfilling the virtues"; vāritta: "They protect against what is avoided, they guard against it"

Conjugation

Conjugation of "tāyati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	tāyāmi	tāyāma	tāye	tāyāmhe
2nd	tāyasi	tāyatha	tāyase	tāyavhe
3rd	tāyati	tāyanti	tāyate	tāyante or tāyare
Imperative
1st	tāyāmi	tāyāma
2nd	tāya or tāyāhi	tāyatha	tāyassu
3rd	tāyatu	tāyantu
Optative
1st	tāyeyyāmi or tāyeyyaṃ or tāye	tāyeyyāma
2nd	tāyeyyāsi or tāye	tāyeyyātha
3rd	tāyeyya or tāye	tāyeyyuṃ

• Present active participle: tāyant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

tāyati

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