शक्नोति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শক্নোতি (Assamese script)
ᬰᬓ᭄ᬦᭀᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শক্নোতি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰎𑰿𑰡𑰺𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀓𑁆𑀦𑁄𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐက္နောတိ (Burmese script)
શક્નોતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਕ੍ਨੋਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦏ꧀ꦤꦺꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂍𑂹𑂢𑂷𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶಕ್ನೋತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝក្នោតិ (Khmer script)
ຨກ຺ໂນຕິ (Lao script)
ശക്നോതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᡬᠨᠣᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘎𑘿𑘡𑘻𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢉᠨᠣᠸᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦮𑧠𑧁𑧜𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐎𑑂𑐣𑑀𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶକ୍ନୋତି (Odia script)
ꢯꢒ꣄ꢥꣂꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆑𑇀𑆤𑆾𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖎𑖿𑖡𑖺𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශක‍්නොති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩜 𑪙𑩯𑩕𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚊𑚶𑚝𑚴𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶக்நோதி (Tamil script)
శక్నోతి (Telugu script)
ศกฺโนติ (Thai script)
ཤ་ཀྣོ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒏𑓂𑒢𑒼𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨋𑩇𑨝𑨆𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti

Sanskrit श॒क्नोति॑

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱₔk-néw-ti, from *ḱek- (“to be able”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, “to agree”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐk.nɐ́w.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐk.n̪oː.t̪i/

Verb

श॒क्नोति॑ • (śaknóti) third-singular indicative (class 5, type P, root शक्)

to be strong or powerful, be able
to help
to yield, give way
to be compelled

Conjugation

Present: श॒क्नोति॑ (śaknóti)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	श॒क्नोति॑ śaknóti	श॒क्नु॒तः śaknutáḥ	श॒क्नु॒वन्ति॑ śaknuvánti	- -	- -	- -
Second	श॒क्नोषि॑ śaknóṣi	श॒क्नु॒थः śaknutháḥ	श॒क्नु॒थ śaknuthá	- -	- -	- -
First	श॒क्नोमि॑ śaknómi	श॒क्नु॒वः śaknuváḥ	श॒क्नु॒मः / श॒क्नु॒मसि॑¹ śaknumáḥ / śaknumási¹	- -	- -	- -
Imperative
Third	श॒क्नोतु॑ śaknótu	श॒क्नु॒ताम् śaknutā́m	श॒क्नु॒वन्तु॑ śaknuvántu	- -	- -	- -
Second	श॒क्नु॒हि śaknuhí	श॒क्नु॒तम् śaknutám	श॒क्नु॒त śaknutá	- -	- -	- -
First	श॒क्नवा॑नि śaknávāni	श॒क्नवा॑व śaknávāva	श॒क्नवा॑म śaknávāma	- -	- -	- -
Optative/Potential
Third	श॒क्नु॒यात् śaknuyā́t	श॒क्नु॒याता॑म् śaknuyā́tām	श॒क्नु॒युः śaknuyúḥ	- -	- -	- -
Second	श॒क्नु॒याः śaknuyā́ḥ	श॒क्नु॒यात॑म् śaknuyā́tam	श॒क्नु॒यात॑ śaknuyā́ta	- -	- -	- -
First	श॒क्नु॒याम् śaknuyā́m	श॒क्नु॒याव॑ śaknuyā́va	श॒क्नु॒याम॑ śaknuyā́ma	- -	- -	- -
Subjunctive
Third	श॒क्नव॑त् / श॒क्नव॑ति śaknávat / śaknávati	श॒क्नव॑तः śaknávataḥ	श॒क्नव॑न् śaknávan	- -	- -	- -
Second	श॒क्नवः॑ / श॒क्नव॑सि śaknávaḥ / śaknávasi	श॒क्नव॑थः śaknávathaḥ	श॒क्नव॑थ śaknávatha	- -	- -	- -
First	श॒क्नवा॑नि / श॒क्नवा॑ śaknávāni / śaknávā	श॒क्नवा॑व śaknávāva	श॒क्नवा॑म śaknávāma	- -	- -	- -
Participles
	श॒क्नु॒वत् śaknuvát			- -
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अश॑क्नोत् (áśaknot)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अश॑क्नोत् áśaknot	अश॑क्नुताम् áśaknutām	अश॑क्नुवन् áśaknuvan	- -	- -	- -
Second	अश॑क्नोः áśaknoḥ	अश॑क्नुतम् áśaknutam	अश॑क्नुत áśaknuta	- -	- -	- -
First	अश॑क्नवम् áśaknavam	अश॑क्नुव áśaknuva	अश॑क्नुम áśaknuma	- -	- -	- -

Descendants

Pali: sakkoti
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀇 (sakkei), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkaṇodi), 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkuṇodi) — Śaurasenī
- Apabhramsa: सक्कइ (sakkaï) (see there for further descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “शक्नोति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044.