hoti
Pali
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Etymology
editReduction of bhavati (“to be”).
Verb
edithoti (root hū, first conjugation)
Conjugation
editConjugation of "hoti"
Singular | Plural | |
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Present | ||
1st | homi | homa |
2nd | hosi | hotha |
3rd | hoti | honti |
Imperfect | ||
1st | ahuva or ahuvaṃ or ahuvā or ahuvāsiṃ | ahuvamhā or ahuvāma |
2nd | ahuvo or ahuvā | ahuvattha |
3rd | ahuva or ahuvā | ahuvu or ahuvū |
Imperative | ||
1st | homi | homa |
2nd | hohi | hotha |
3rd | hotu | hontu |
Optative | ||
1st | heyyāmi or heyyaṃ | heyyāma |
2nd | heyyāsi | heyyātha |
3rd | heyya | heyyuṃ |
Aorist | ||
1st | ahosiṃ or ahuṃ | ahumhā or ahumha or ahesumha or ahesumhā or ahosimhā or ahosimha |
2nd | ahosi or ahu | ahosittha |
3rd | ahosi or ahu or ahū | ahesuṃ |
Future | ||
1st | hemi or hehāmi or hohāmi or hessāmi or hehissāmi or hohissāmi | hema or hehāma or hohāma or hessāma or hehissāma or hohissāma |
2nd | hesi or hehisi or hohisi or hessasi or hehissasi or hohissasi | hetha or hehitha or hohitha or hessatha or hehissatha or hohissatha |
3rd | heti or hehiti or hohiti or hessati or hehissati or hohissati | henti or hehinti or hohinti or hessanti or hehissanti or hohissanti |
- Present active participle: honta, which see for forms and usage
- Future active participle: hessant or hehissant or hohissant, which see for forms and usage
Derived terms
editTrivia
editSome, e.g. the Pali Text Society dictionary, classify the imperfect given above as now being an aorist.
References
editPali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhavati”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Slovene
editVerb
edithóti