शङ्कते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শঙ্কতে (Assamese script)
ᬰᬗ᭄ᬓᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
শঙ্কতে (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ၐင်္ကတေ (Burmese script)
શઙ્કતે (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਙ੍ਕਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦔ꧀ꦏꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಶಙ್ಕತೇ (Kannada script)
ឝង្កតេ (Khmer script)
ຨງ຺ກເຕ (Lao script)
ശങ്കതേ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᢛᡬᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢊᢉᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଶଙ୍କତେ (Odia script)
ꢯꢖ꣄ꢒꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ශඞ‍්කතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
ஶங்கதே (Tamil script)
శఙ్కతే (Telugu script)
ศงฺกเต (Thai script)
ཤ་ངྐ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śánkatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánkatay, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenk- (“to waver, be in suspense”). Cognate with Latin cunctor (“to delay, stall, hold up”), Old English hangian (whence English hang).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ŋ.kɐ.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐŋ.kɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

शङ्क॑ते • (śáṅkate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root शङ्क्)

Conjugation

Present: शङ्क॑ते (śáṅkate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्क॑ते śáṅkate	शङ्के॑ते śáṅkete	शङ्क॑न्ते śáṅkante
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्क॑से śáṅkase	शङ्के॑थे śáṅkethe	शङ्क॑ध्वे śáṅkadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के॑ śáṅke	शङ्का॑वहे śáṅkāvahe	शङ्का॑महे śáṅkāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्क॑ताम् śáṅkatām	शङ्के॑ताम् śáṅketām	शङ्क॑न्ताम् śáṅkantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्क॑स्व śáṅkasva	शङ्के॑थाम् śáṅkethām	शङ्क॑ध्वम् śáṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कै॑ śáṅkai	शङ्का॑वहै śáṅkāvahai	शङ्का॑महै śáṅkāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के॑त śáṅketa	शङ्के॑याताम् śáṅkeyātām	शङ्के॑रन् śáṅkeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के॑थाः śáṅkethāḥ	शङ्के॑याथाम् śáṅkeyāthām	शङ्के॑ध्वम् śáṅkedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्के॑य śáṅkeya	शङ्के॑वहि śáṅkevahi	शङ्के॑महि śáṅkemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	शङ्का॑ते / शङ्का॑तै śáṅkāte / śáṅkātai	शङ्कै॑ते śáṅkaite	शङ्क॑न्त / शङ्का॑न्तै śáṅkanta / śáṅkāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	शङ्का॑से / शङ्का॑सै śáṅkāse / śáṅkāsai	शङ्कै॑थे śáṅkaithe	शङ्का॑ध्वै śáṅkādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	शङ्कै॑ śáṅkai	शङ्का॑वहै śáṅkāvahai	शङ्का॑महै śáṅkāmahai
Participles
	- -			शङ्क॑मान śáṅkamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अश॑ङ्कत (áśaṅkata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अश॑ङ्कत áśaṅkata	अश॑ङ्केताम् áśaṅketām	अश॑ङ्कन्त áśaṅkanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अश॑ङ्कथाः áśaṅkathāḥ	अश॑ङ्केथाम् áśaṅkethām	अश॑ङ्कध्वम् áśaṅkadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अश॑ङ्के áśaṅke	अश॑ङ्कावहि áśaṅkāvahi	अश॑ङ्कामहि áśaṅkāmahi