ददाति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

dadāti (Latin script)
𑀤𑀤𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
দদাতি (Bengali script)
දදාති (Sinhalese script)
ဒဒါတိ or ၻၻႃတိ (Burmese script)
ททาติ or ทะทาติ (Thai script)
ᨴᨴᩣᨲᩥ or ᨴᨴᩤᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ທທາຕິ or ທະທາຕິ (Lao script)
ទទាតិ (Khmer script)
𑄘𑄘𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

ददाति (root dā, first conjugation)

Devanagari script form of dadāti (“to give”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ददाति"

	Active		Middle
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	ददामि (dadāmi)	ददाम (dadāma)
2nd	ददासि (dadāsi)	ददाथ (dadātha)
3rd	ददाति (dadāti)	ददन्ति (dadanti)
Imperfect
1st	अदद (adada) or अददं (adadaṃ) or दद (dada) or ददं (dadaṃ)	अददम्हा (adadamhā) or ददम्हा (dadamhā)
2nd	अददो (adado) or ददो (dado)	अददत्थ (adadattha) or ददत्थ (dadattha)
3rd	अदद (adada) or अददा (adadā) or दद (dada) or ददा (dadā)	अददु (adadu) or अददू (adadū) or ददु (dadu) or ददू (dadū)
Imperative
1st	ददामि (dadāmi)	ददाम (dadāma)		ददामसे (dadāmase)
2nd	ददा (dadā) or ददाहि (dadāhi)	ददाथ (dadātha)
3rd	ददातु (dadātu)	ददन्तु (dadantu)
Optative
1st	ददेय्यामि (dadeyyāmi) or ददेय्यं (dadeyyaṃ) or दज्जामि (dajjāmi)	ददेय्याम (dadeyyāma) or दज्जाम (dajjāma)
2nd	ददेय्यासि (dadeyyāsi) or दज्जासि (dajjāsi)	ददेय्याथ (dadeyyātha) or दज्जाथ (dajjātha)
3rd	ददेय्य (dadeyya) or ददे (dade) or दज्जा (dajjā)	ददेय्युं (dadeyyuṃ) or दज्जुं (dajjuṃ)
Aorist
1st	अदासिं (adāsiṃ) or अदं (adaṃ)	अदम्ह (adamha) or अदम्हा (adamhā)
2nd	अदासि (adāsi) or अदो (ado)	अदत्थ (adattha) or दत्थ (dattha)
3rd	अदासि (adāsi) or अदा (adā)	अदंसु (adaṃsu)

Present active participle: ददन्त् (dadant), which see for forms and usage
Present middle participle: ददमान (dadamāna), which see for forms and usage
Past participle: दिन्न (dinna), दत्त (datta)
Gerundive: दातब्ब (dātabba)
Causative: दापेति (dāpeti), दापयति (dāpayati)
Passive: दीयति (dīyati), दिय्यति (diyyati)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

দদাতি (Assamese script)
ᬤᬤᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
দদাতি (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰟𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑀤𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဒဒါတိ (Burmese script)
દદાતિ (Gujarati script)
ਦਦਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌦𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦢꦢꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂠𑂠𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ದದಾತಿ (Kannada script)
ទទាតិ (Khmer script)
ທທາຕິ (Lao script)
ദദാതി (Malayalam script)
ᡩᠠᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘟𑘟𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢑᠠᢑᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦿𑦿𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑐡𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଦଦାତି (Odia script)
ꢣꢣꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆢𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖟𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
දදාති (Sinhalese script)
𑩭𑩭𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚛𑚛𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
த³த³ாதி (Tamil script)
దదాతి (Telugu script)
ททาติ (Thai script)
ད་དཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒠𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨛𑨛𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti

Sanskrit ददा॑ति

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬛𐬁𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dadāⁱti), Old Persian 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 (d-d-a-tu-u-v /⁠dadātuv⁠/), Proto-Slavic *dati, Lithuanian duoti, Ancient Greek δίδωμι (dídōmi), Oscan 𐌃𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌃 (deded), Latin dō.

The "wish to place" sense are from a conflation with दधाति (dadhāti) in PIE, see Latin -dō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.dɑː.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ.d̪ɑː.t̪i/

Verb

ददा॑ति • (dádāti) third-singular indicative (class 3, type P, root दा)

to give, bestow, grant, yield, impart, present, offer to
to give (a daughter) in marriage
to hand over
to give back
to pay
to give up, cede
to sell
to sacrifice
to offer (an oblation etc.)
to communicate, teach, utter (blessings), give (answer), speak, to address a speech to
to permit, allow
to permit sexual intercourse
to place, put, apply (in medicine)
to add
to show
to demand from

Conjugation

Present: ददा॑ति (dádāti), द॒त्ते (datté)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	ददा॑ति dádāti	द॒त्तः dattáḥ	दद॑ति dádati	द॒त्ते datté	द॒दाते॑ dadā́te	दद॑ते dádate
Second	ददा॑सि dádāsi	द॒त्थः dattháḥ	द॒त्थ datthá	द॒त्से datsé	द॒दाथे॑ dadā́the	द॒द्ध्वे daddhvé
First	ददा॑मि / दद्मि dádāmi / dadmi	द॒द्वः dadváḥ	द॒द्मः / द॒द्मसि॑¹ dadmáḥ / dadmási¹	द॒दे dadé	दद्व॑हे dádvahe	दद्म॑हे dádmahe
Imperative
Third	ददा॑तु dádātu	द॒त्ताम् dattā́m	दद॑तु dádatu	द॒त्ताम् dattā́m	ददा॑ताम् dádātām	दद॑ताम् dádatām
Second	दे॒हि / द॒द्धि¹ / द॒त्तात्¹ dehí / daddhí¹ / dattā́t¹	द॒त्तम् dattám	द॒त्त / ददा॑त¹ / ददा॑तन¹ dattá / dádāta¹ / dádātana¹	द॒त्स्व datsvá	ददा॑थाम् dádāthām	द॒द्ध्वम् daddhvám
First	ददा॑नि dádāni	ददा॑व dádāva	ददा॑म dádāma	ददै॑ dádai	ददा॑वहै dádāvahai	ददा॑महै dádāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	द॒द्यात् dadyā́t	द॒द्याता॑म् dadyā́tām	द॒द्युः dadyúḥ	ददी॑त dádīta	ददी॑याताम् dádīyātām	ददी॑रन् dádīran
Second	द॒द्याः dadyā́ḥ	द॒द्यात॑म् dadyā́tam	द॒द्यात॑ dadyā́ta	ददी॑थाः dádīthāḥ	ददी॑याथाम् dádīyāthām	ददी॑ध्वम् dádīdhvam
First	द॒द्याम् dadyā́m	द॒द्याव॑ dadyā́va	द॒द्याम॑ dadyā́ma	ददी॑य dádīya	ददी॑वहि dádīvahi	ददी॑महि dádīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	ददा॑त् / ददा॑ति dádāt / dádāti	ददा॑तः dádātaḥ	ददा॑न् dádān	ददा॑ते / ददा॑तै dádāte / dádātai	ददै॑ते dádaite	ददा॑न्त / ददा॑न्तै dádānta / dádāntai
Second	ददाः॑ / ददा॑सि dádāḥ / dádāsi	ददा॑थः dádāthaḥ	ददा॑थ dádātha	ददा॑से / ददा॑सै dádāse / dádāsai	ददै॑थे dádaithe	ददा॑ध्वे / ददा॑ध्वै dádādhve / dádādhvai
First	ददा॑नि / ददा॑ dádāni / dádā	ददा॑व dádāva	ददा॑म dádāma	ददै॑ dádai	ददा॑वहै dádāvahai	ददा॑महै dádāmahai
Participles
	दद॑त् dádat			ददा॑न dádāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अद॑दात् (ádadāt), अद॑त्त (ádatta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अद॑दात् ádadāt	अद॑त्ताम् ádattām	अद॑दुः ádaduḥ	अद॑त्त ádatta	अद॑दाताम् ádadātām	अद॑दत ádadata
Second	अद॑दाः ádadāḥ	अद॑त्तम् ádattam	अद॑त्त / अद॑त्तन¹ / अद॑दात¹ ádatta / ádattana¹ / ádadāta¹	अद॑त्थाः ádatthāḥ	अद॑दाथाम् ádadāthām	अद॑द्ध्वम् ádaddhvam
First	अद॑दाम् ádadām	अद॑द्व ádadva	अद॑द्म ádadma	अद॑दि ádadi	अद॑द्वहि ádadvahi	अद॑द्महि ádadmahi
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei), 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi) — Śaurasenī (see there for further descendants)
Pali: dadāti, deti

References

Monier Williams (1899), “ददाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 473.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 351