शेते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শেতে (Assamese script)
ᬰᬾᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
শেতে (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰸𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁂𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
ၐေတေ (Burmese script)
શેતે (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ੇਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍇𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦺꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂵𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಶೇತೇ (Kannada script)
ឝេតេ (Khmer script)
ເຨເຕ (Lao script)
ശേതേ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡝᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘹𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠱᠧᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧚𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐾𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଶେତେ (Odia script)
ꢯꢾꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆼𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖸𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ශෙතෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩔𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚲𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
ஶேதே (Tamil script)
శేతే (Telugu script)
เศเต (Thai script)
ཤེ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒹𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨄𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From earlier शये (śáye) (with 'stative' ending), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śáyay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáyay, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéytor.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́j.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕeː.t̪eː/

Verb

शेते॑ • (śéte) third-singular indicative (class 2, type A, root शी)

to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose
to remain unused
to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep
to lie down to a husband (for copulation)

Conjugation

Present: शेते॑ (śéte) or शये॑ (śáye)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शेते॑ / शये॑¹ śéte / śáye¹	शया॑ते śáyāte	शेर॑ते / शेरे॑¹ śérate / śére¹
Second	- -	- -	- -	शेषे॑ śéṣe	शया॑थे śáyāthe	शेध्वे॑ śédhve
First	- -	- -	- -	शये॑ śáye	शेव॑हे śévahe	शेम॑हे śémahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	शेता॑म् / शया॑म्¹ śétām / śáyām¹	शया॑ताम् śáyātām	शेर॑ताम् / शेरा॑म्¹ śératām / śérām¹
Second	- -	- -	- -	शेष्व॑ śéṣva	शया॑थाम् śáyāthām	शेध्व॑म् śédhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शयै॑ śáyai	शया॑वहै śáyāvahai	शया॑महै śáyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	शयी॑त śáyīta	शयी॑याताम् śáyīyātām	शयी॑रन् śáyīran
Second	- -	- -	- -	शयी॑थाः śáyīthāḥ	शयी॑याथाम् śáyīyāthām	शयी॑ध्वम् śáyīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	शयी॑य śáyīya	शयी॑वहि śáyīvahi	शयी॑महि śáyīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	शय॑ते / शया॑तै śáyate / śáyātai	शयै॑ते śáyaite	शय॑न्त / शया॑न्तै / शय॑न्ते² śáyanta / śáyāntai / śáyante²
Second	- -	- -	- -	शय॑से / शया॑सै śáyase / śáyāsai	शयै॑थे śáyaithe	शय॑ध्वे / शया॑ध्वै śáyadhve / śáyādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	शयै॑ śáyai	शया॑वहै śáyāvahai	शया॑महै śáyāmahai
Participles
	- -			शया॑न śáyāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic, ²Rigvedic

Imperfect: अशे॑त (áśeta) or अश॑यत् (áśayat)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अशे॑त / अश॑यत्¹ áśeta / áśayat¹	अश॑याताम् áśayātām	अशे॑रत / अशे॑रन्¹ áśerata / áśeran¹
Second	- -	- -	- -	अशे॑थाः áśethāḥ	अश॑याथाम् áśayāthām	अशे॑ध्वम् áśedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अश॑यि áśayi	अशे॑वहि áśevahi	अशे॑महि áśemahi
Notes	¹Vedic

The Vedic imperfect अशयत् (áśayat) has the appearance of an active 3sg., but originates from earlier *अशय (áśaya), corresponding to the present शये (śáye).

References

Monier Williams (1899), “शेते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077, column 1.
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 320
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚAY^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 613-614
Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śayⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University