गोपयति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গোপয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬕᭀᬧᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
গোপয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဂေါပယတိ (Burmese script)
ગોપયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਗੋਪਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಗೋಪಯತಿ (Kannada script)
គោបយតិ (Khmer script)
ໂຄປຍຕິ (Lao script)
ഗോപയതി (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠣᢒᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଗୋପଯତି (Odia script)
ꢔꣂꢦꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ගොපයති (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
கே³ாபயதி (Tamil script)
గోపయతి (Telugu script)
โคปยติ (Thai script)
གོ་པ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.pɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.pɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

गो॒पय॑ति • (gopáyati) third-singular indicative (class 10, type P, causative, root गुप्)

guards, protects, preserves
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
keeps
hides, conceals, keeps secret

Conjugation

Present: गो॒पय॑ति (gopáyati), गो॒पय॑ते (gopáyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	गो॒पय॑ति gopáyati	गो॒पय॑तः gopáyataḥ	गो॒पय॑न्ति gopáyanti	गो॒पय॑ते gopáyate	गो॒पये॑ते gopáyete	गो॒पय॑न्ते gopáyante
Second	गो॒पय॑सि gopáyasi	गो॒पय॑थः gopáyathaḥ	गो॒पय॑थ gopáyatha	गो॒पय॑से gopáyase	गो॒पये॑थे gopáyethe	गो॒पय॑ध्वे gopáyadhve
First	गो॒पया॑मि gopáyāmi	गो॒पया॑वः gopáyāvaḥ	गो॒पया॑मः / गो॒पया॑मसि¹ gopáyāmaḥ / gopáyāmasi¹	गो॒पये॑ gopáye	गो॒पया॑वहे gopáyāvahe	गो॒पया॑महे gopáyāmahe
Imperative
Third	गो॒पय॑तु gopáyatu	गो॒पय॑ताम् gopáyatām	गो॒पय॑न्तु gopáyantu	गो॒पय॑ताम् gopáyatām	गो॒पये॑ताम् gopáyetām	गो॒पय॑न्ताम् gopáyantām
Second	गो॒पय॑ gopáya	गो॒पय॑तम् gopáyatam	गो॒पय॑त gopáyata	गो॒पय॑स्व gopáyasva	गो॒पये॑थाम् gopáyethām	गो॒पय॑ध्वम् gopáyadhvam
First	गो॒पया॑नि gopáyāni	गो॒पया॑व gopáyāva	गो॒पया॑म gopáyāma	गो॒पयै॑ gopáyai	गो॒पया॑वहै gopáyāvahai	गो॒पया॑महै gopáyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	गो॒पये॑त् gopáyet	गो॒पये॑ताम् gopáyetām	गो॒पये॑युः gopáyeyuḥ	गो॒पये॑त gopáyeta	गो॒पये॑याताम् gopáyeyātām	गो॒पये॑रन् gopáyeran
Second	गो॒पयेः॑ gopáyeḥ	गो॒पये॑तम् gopáyetam	गो॒पये॑त gopáyeta	गो॒पये॑थाः gopáyethāḥ	गो॒पये॑याथाम् gopáyeyāthām	गो॒पये॑ध्वम् gopáyedhvam
First	गो॒पये॑यम् gopáyeyam	गो॒पये॑व gopáyeva	गो॒पये॑म gopáyema	गो॒पये॑य gopáyeya	गो॒पये॑वहि gopáyevahi	गो॒पये॑महि gopáyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	गो॒पया॑त् / गो॒पया॑ति gopáyāt / gopáyāti	गो॒पया॑तः gopáyātaḥ	गो॒पया॑न् gopáyān	गो॒पया॑ते / गो॒पया॑तै gopáyāte / gopáyātai	गो॒पयै॑ते gopáyaite	गो॒पय॑न्त / गो॒पया॑न्तै gopáyanta / gopáyāntai
Second	गो॒पयाः॑ / गो॒पया॑सि gopáyāḥ / gopáyāsi	गो॒पया॑थः gopáyāthaḥ	गो॒पया॑थ gopáyātha	गो॒पया॑से / गो॒पया॑सै gopáyāse / gopáyāsai	गो॒पयै॑थे gopáyaithe	गो॒पया॑ध्वै gopáyādhvai
First	गो॒पया॑नि gopáyāni	गो॒पया॑व gopáyāva	गो॒पया॑म gopáyāma	गो॒पयै॑ gopáyai	गो॒पया॑वहै gopáyāvahai	गो॒पया॑महै gopáyāmahai
Participles
	गो॒पय॑त् gopáyat			गो॒पय॑मान / गोपयान² gopáyamāna / gopayāna²
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit

Imperfect: अगो॑पयत् (ágopayat), अगो॑पयत (ágopayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अगो॑पयत् ágopayat	अगो॑पयताम् ágopayatām	अगो॑पयन् ágopayan	अगो॑पयत ágopayata	अगो॑पयेताम् ágopayetām	अगो॑पयन्त ágopayanta
Second	अगो॑पयः ágopayaḥ	अगो॑पयतम् ágopayatam	अगो॑पयत ágopayata	अगो॑पयथाः ágopayathāḥ	अगो॑पयेथाम् ágopayethām	अगो॑पयध्वम् ágopayadhvam
First	अगो॑पयम् ágopayam	अगो॑पयाव ágopayāva	अगो॑पयाम ágopayāma	अगो॑पये ágopaye	अगो॑पयावहि ágopayāvahi	अगो॑पयामहि ágopayāmahi

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑁂𑀇 (govei)
- Old Hindi: गोवना (govanā)
- Old Gujarati: गोवइ (govaï)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गोपयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 368.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gōpayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press