# पतति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* patati (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* পততি (Bengali script)
* පතති (Sinhalese script)
* ပတတိ (Burmese script)
* ปตติ or ปะตะติ (Thai script)
* ᨷᨲᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຕຕິ or ປະຕະຕິ (Lao script)
* បតតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄖𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

पतति (root pat, first conjugation)
* Devanagari script form of patati (“to fall”)

#### Conjugation

* Present active participle: पतन्त् (patant), which see for forms and usage
* Present middle participle: पतमान (patamāna), which see for forms and usage
* Causative: पातेति (pāteti) (pāteti), पातयति (pātayati) (pātayati)
* Past participle: पतित (patita) (patita)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* পততি (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬢᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* পততি (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰝𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀢𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ပတတိ (Burmese script)
* પતતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਤਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌤𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦠꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂞𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಪತತಿ (Kannada script)
* បតតិ (Khmer script)
* ປຕຕິ (Lao script)
* പതതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᢠᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘝𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢐᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦽𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐟𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ପତତି (Odia script)
* ꢦꢡꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆠𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖝𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* පතති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩫𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚙𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* பததி (Tamil script)
* పతతి (Telugu script)
* ปตติ (Thai script)
* པ་ཏ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒞𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨙𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pátati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátati, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti (“to fall; fly”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pata$^i$ti), Ancient Greek πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”), Latin petō (“I ask, I aim for”), Old Armenian թիռ (tʻiṙ, “flight, desire”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ́.tɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɐ.t̪ɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

पतति • (pátati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root पत्)
* to fly, soar, rush on
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.5:इ॒मा गावः॑ सरमे॒ या ऐच्छः॒ परि॑ दि॒वो अन्ता॑न्त्सुभगे॒ पत॑न्ती। कस्त॑ एना॒ अव॑ सृजा॒दयु॑ध्व्यु॒तास्माक॒मायु॑धा सन्ति ति॒ग्मा॥imā́ gā́vaḥ sarame yā́ aícchaḥ pári divó ántāntsubhage pátantī. kásta enā áva sṛjādáyudhvyutā́smā́kamā́yudhā santi tigmā́.These are the kine which, Sarama, thou seekest, flying, O Blest One, to the ends of heaven. Who will loose these for thee without a battle? Yea, and sharp-pointed are our warlike weapons.
* to fall down or off, alight, descend (with accusative or locative), fall or sink
* (figurative) to fall (in a moral sense), lose caste or rank or position
* to light or fall upon, fall to a person's share (+ locative)
* to fall or get into or among (loc.)
* to occur, come to pass, happen
* (causative) to fly or move rapidly along
* (causative, transitive) to speed
* (causative) to drive away or throw down
* (causative) to let fly or cause to fall, to fling, hurl, throw
* to lay low, bring down (literally and figuratively), overthrow, ruin, destroy, to throw upon or in, lay on (+ locative)
* to throw oneself
* to cut off (a head)
* to knock out (teeth)
* to pour out or shed (water, tears)
* to kindle (fire)
* to cast (dice)
* to turn, direct, fix (eyes)
* to impose or inflict (punishment)
* to set in motion, set on foot
* to seduce to, betray into (+ locative)
* to divide in two
* to subtract
* to rush on, hasten
* (desiderative) to be about to fly or fall (पिपतिषति (pipatiṣati); पित्सति (pitsati))

#### Conjugation

Forms of Sanskrit verbs are numerous and complicated. The following conjugation shows only a subset of all forms and should be treated as a guide.

#### Related terms

* पापतीति (pā́patīti)

#### Descendants

* Pali: patati
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀟𑀇 (paḍaï) (see there for further descendants)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पतति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 580, 581.