पतति

पतति (root pat, first conjugation)

1. Devanagari script form of patati (“to fall”)

• Present participle: पतन्त्, which see for forms and usage
• Present participle: पतमान, which see for forms and usage
• Causative: पातेति (pāteti), पातयति (pātayati)
• Past participle: पतित (patita)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pátati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátati, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fall; fly”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (pataiti), Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”), Latin petō (“I ask, I aim for”), Old Armenian թիռ (tʿiṙ, “flight, desire”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.t̪ɐ.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.t̪ɐ.t̪i/

पतति • (pátati) (root पत्, class 1, type P)

1. to fly, soar, rush on
2. to fall down or off, alight, descend (with accusative or locative), fall or sink
3. (figuratively) to fall (in a moral sense), lose caste or rank or position
4. to light or fall upon, fall to a person's share (+ locative)
5. to fall or get into or among (loc.)
6. to occur, come to pass, happen
7. (causative) to fly or move rapidly along
8. (causative, transitive) to speed
9. (causative) to drive away or throw down
10. (causative) to let fly or cause to fall, to fling, hurl, throw
11. to lay low, bring down (literally and figuratively), overthrow, ruin, destroy, to throw upon or in, lay on (+ locative)
12. to throw oneself
13. to cut off (a head)
14. to knock out (teeth)
15. to pour out or shed (water, tears)
16. to kindle (fire)
17. to cast (dice)
18. to turn, direct, fix (eyes)
19. to impose or inflict (punishment)
20. to set in motion, set on foot
21. to seduce to, betray into (+ locative)
22. to divide in two
23. to subtract
24. to rush on, hasten
25. (desiderative) to be about to fly or fall