sīdati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀻𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सीदति (Devanagari script)
• সীদতি (Bengali script)
• සීදති (Sinhalese script)
• သီဒတိ or သဳဒတိ or သီၻတိ (Burmese script)
• สีทติ or สีทะติ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩦᨴᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສີທຕິ or ສີທະຕິ (Lao script)
• សីទតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄩𑄘𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati, “to sit”).

Verb

sīdati (root sad, first conjugation)

1. to sink, to subside, to settle
2. to be dejected, to be despondent, to yield, to give way

Conjugation

Conjugation of "sīdati"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	sīdāmi	sīdāma	sīde	sīdāmhe
2nd	sīdasi	sīdatha	sīdase	sīdavhe
3rd	sīdati	sīdanti	sīdate	sīdante or sīdare
Imperative
1st	sīdāmi	sīdāma	sīde	sīdāmase
2nd	sīda or sīdāhi	sīdatha	sīdassu	sīdavho
3rd	sīdatu	sīdantu	sīdataṃ	sīdantaṃ
Optative
1st	sīdeyyāmi or sīdeyyaṃ or sīde	sīdeyyāma	sīdeyyaṃ	sīdeyyāmhe
2nd	sīdeyyāsi or sīde	sīdeyyātha	sīdetho	sīdeyyavho
3rd	sīdeyya or sīde	sīdeyyuṃ	sīdetha	sīderaṃ

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

Derived terms

• nisīdati
• osīdati
• pasīdati
• saṃsīdati
• visīdati

 

Trivia

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

Adjective

sīdati

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