दक्षते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দক্ষতে (Assamese script)
ᬤᬓ᭄ᬱᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
দক্ষতে (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ဒက္ၑတေ (Burmese script)
દક્ષતે (Gujarati script)
ਦਕ੍ਸ਼ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦏ꧀ꦰꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ದಕ್ಷತೇ (Kannada script)
ទក្ឞតេ (Khmer script)
ທກ຺ຩເຕ (Lao script)
ദക്ഷതേ (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᡬᢢᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᢉᢔᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଦକ୍ଷତେ (Odia script)
ꢣꢒ꣄ꢰꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
දක්‍ෂතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
த³க்ஷதே (Tamil script)
దక్షతే (Telugu script)
ทกฺษเต (Thai script)
ད་ཀྵ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deḱs- (“right side, dexter”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek δεξῐός (dexĭós, “right(hand), fortunate, able”), Old Church Slavonic деснъ (desnŭ, “right(side)”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́k.ʂɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐk.ʂɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

दक्ष॑ते • (dákṣate) third-singular indicative (root दक्ष्)

to be able or strong
to grow, increase
to act quickly

Conjugation

Present: दक्ष॑ते (dákṣate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्ष॑ते dákṣate	दक्षे॑ते dákṣete	दक्ष॑न्ते dákṣante
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्ष॑से dákṣase	दक्षे॑थे dákṣethe	दक्ष॑ध्वे dákṣadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षे॑ dákṣe	दक्षा॑वहे dákṣāvahe	दक्षा॑महे dákṣāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्ष॑ताम् dákṣatām	दक्षे॑ताम् dákṣetām	दक्ष॑न्ताम् dákṣantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्ष॑स्व dákṣasva	दक्षे॑थाम् dákṣethām	दक्ष॑ध्वम् dákṣadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षै॑ dákṣai	दक्षा॑वहै dákṣāvahai	दक्षा॑महै dákṣāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षे॑त dákṣeta	दक्षे॑याताम् dákṣeyātām	दक्षे॑रन् dákṣeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षे॑थाः dákṣethāḥ	दक्षे॑याथाम् dákṣeyāthām	दक्षे॑ध्वम् dákṣedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षे॑य dákṣeya	दक्षे॑वहि dákṣevahi	दक्षे॑महि dákṣemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	दक्षा॑ते / दक्षा॑तै dákṣāte / dákṣātai	दक्षै॑ते dákṣaite	दक्ष॑न्त / दक्षा॑न्तै dákṣanta / dákṣāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	दक्षा॑से / दक्षा॑सै dákṣāse / dákṣāsai	दक्षै॑थे dákṣaithe	दक्षा॑ध्वै dákṣādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	दक्षै॑ dákṣai	दक्षा॑वहै dákṣāvahai	दक्षा॑महै dákṣāmahai
Participles
	- -			दक्ष॑माण dákṣamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अदक्षत् (adakṣat), अदक्षत (adakṣata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अदक्षत् adakṣat	अदक्षताम् adakṣatām	अदक्षन् adakṣan	अदक्षत adakṣata	अदक्षेताम् adakṣetām	अदक्षन्त adakṣanta
Second	अदक्षः adakṣaḥ	अदक्षतम् adakṣatam	अदक्षत adakṣata	अदक्षथाः adakṣathāḥ	अदक्षेथाम् adakṣethām	अदक्षध्वम् adakṣadhvam
First	अदक्षम् adakṣam	अदक्षाव adakṣāva	अदक्षाम adakṣāma	अदक्षे adakṣe	अदक्षावहि adakṣāvahi	अदक्षामहि adakṣāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899), “दक्षते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 465.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “दक्षते”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 69

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “दक्षते”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 294, 305
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