बभस्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bábʰasti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bábʰasti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰé-bʰos-ti (reduplicated athematic present), from the root *bʰes-; compare प्साति (psāti, to chew).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

बभ॑स्ति • (bábhasti) third-singular indicative (class 3, type P, present, root भस्)

  1. to chew, eat, devour
  2. to blame, condemn

Conjugation

Present: बभ॑स्ति (bábhasti)
Active Mediopassive
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Indicative
Third बभ॑स्ति
bábhasti
ब॒ब्धः
babdháḥ
बप्स॑ति
bápsati
-
-
-
-
-
-
Second बभ॑स्सि
bábhassi
ब॒ब्धः
babdháḥ
ब॒ब्ध
babdhá
-
-
-
-
-
-
First बभ॑स्मि
bábhasmi
ब॒प्स्वः
bapsváḥ
ब॒प्स्मः / ब॒प्स्मसि॑¹
bapsmáḥ / bapsmási¹
-
-
-
-
-
-
Imperative
Third बभ॑स्तु
bábhastu
ब॒ब्धाम्
babdhā́m
बप्स॑तु
bápsatu
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-
-
-
-
-
Second ब॒ब्धि
babdhí
ब॒ब्धम्
babdhám
ब॒ब्ध
babdhá
-
-
-
-
-
-
First बभ॑सानि
bábhasāni
बभ॑साव
bábhasāva
बभ॑साम
bábhasāma
-
-
-
-
-
-
Optative/Potential
Third ब॒प्स्यात्
bapsyā́t
ब॒प्स्याता॑म्
bapsyā́tām
ब॒प्स्युः
bapsyúḥ
-
-
-
-
-
-
Second ब॒प्स्याः
bapsyā́ḥ
ब॒प्स्यात॑म्
bapsyā́tam
ब॒प्स्यात॑
bapsyā́ta
-
-
-
-
-
-
First ब॒प्स्याम्
bapsyā́m
ब॒प्स्याव॑
bapsyā́va
ब॒प्स्याम॑
bapsyā́ma
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-
-
-
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-
Subjunctive
Third बभ॑सत् / बभ॑सति
bábhasat / bábhasati
बभ॑सतः
bábhasataḥ
बभ॑सन्
bábhasan
-
-
-
-
-
-
Second बभ॑सः / बभ॑ससि
bábhasaḥ / bábhasasi
बभ॑सथः
bábhasathaḥ
बभ॑सथ
bábhasatha
-
-
-
-
-
-
First बभ॑सानि / बभ॑सा
bábhasāni / bábhasā
बभ॑साव
bábhasāva
बभ॑साम
bábhasāma
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-
-
-
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-
Participles
बप्स॑त्
bápsat
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-
Notes
  • The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.
  • ¹Vedic
Imperfect: अब॑भः (ábabhaḥ)
Active Mediopassive
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Indicative
Third अब॑भः
ábabhaḥ
अब॑ब्धाम्
ábabdhām
अब॑प्सुः
ábapsuḥ
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-
-
-
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-
Second अब॑भः
ábabhaḥ
अब॑ब्धम्
ábabdham
अब॑ब्ध
ábabdha
-
-
-
-
-
-
First अब॑भसम्
ábabhasam
अब॑प्स्व
ábapsva
अब॑प्स्म
ábapsma
-
-
-
-
-
-

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*bʰes-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 82