vibhatti
Pali
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Etymology
editInherited from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti) or reconstituted as vi- + bhaj (“to divide”) + -ti. In the grammatical senses, a semantic loan from Sanskrit विभक्ति (vibhakti).
Noun
editvibhatti f
- division, partition
- distinction, modification
- (paintings) detail
- 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.
- declension, conjugation
- (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
editDeclension table of "vibhatti" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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
edit- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vibhatti”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead