mahati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• महति (Devanagari script)
• মহতি (Bengali script)
• මහති (Sinhalese script)
• မဟတိ or မႁတိ (Burmese script)
• มหติ or มะหะติ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫຕິ or ມະຫະຕິ (Lao script)
• មហតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

mahati (root mah, first conjugation)

1. to honour, to revere

Adjective

mahati

1. inflection of mahant:
   1. masculine/neuter locative singular
   2. feminine vocative singular

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mahati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎːxati/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ha‧ti

Verb

máhati impf (Cyrillic spelling ма́хати)

1. (intransitive, with dative) to wave (with arm, tail, wing etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mahati

Infinitive: mahati		Present verbal adverb: mášūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: máhānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		mašem	mašeš	maše	mašemo	mašete	mašu
Future	Future I	mahat ću1 mahaću	mahat ćeš1 mahaćeš	mahat će1 mahaće	mahat ćemo1 mahaćemo	mahat ćete1 mahaćete	mahat će1 mahaće
	Future II	bȕdēm mahao2	bȕdēš mahao2	bȕdē mahao2	bȕdēmo mahali2	bȕdēte mahali2	bȕdū mahali2
Past	Perfect	mahao sam2	mahao si2	mahao je2	mahali smo2	mahali ste2	mahali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam mahao2	bȉo si mahao2	bȉo je mahao2	bíli smo mahali2	bíli ste mahali2	bíli su mahali2
	Imperfect	mahah	mahaše	mahaše	mahasmo	mahaste	mahahu
Conditional I		mahao bih2	mahao bi2	mahao bi2	mahali bismo2	mahali biste2	mahali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih mahao2	bȉo bi mahao2	bȉo bi mahao2	bíli bismo mahali2	bíli biste mahali2	bíli bi mahali2
Imperative		—	maši	—	mašimo	mašite	—
Active past participle		mahao m / mahala f / mahalo n			mahali m / mahale f / mahala n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• máhnuti pf

Further reading

• “mahati” in Hrvatski jezični portal