यभति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যভতি (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬪᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• যভতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰥𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀪𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ယဘတိ (Burmese script)
• યભતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਭਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌭𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦨꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂦𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಭತಿ (Kannada script)
• យភតិ (Khmer script)
• ຍຠຕິ (Lao script)
• യഭതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᢨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘥𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠪᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧅𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐨𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଯଭତି (Odia script)
• ꢫꢩꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆨𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖥𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• යභති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩳𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚡𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• யப⁴தி (Tamil script)
• యభతి (Telugu script)
• ยภติ (Thai script)
• ཡ་བྷ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒦𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨡𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hyábʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyábʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃yébʰeti, from *h₃yebʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴφω (oíphō), Proto-Slavic *jebàti.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.bʱɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.bʱɐ.t̪i/

Verb

यभ॑ति • (yábhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root यभ्)

1. to have sexual intercourse, to copulate
   • Taittiriya Shakha 7.4.19.2h
   • अम्बे अम्बाल्य् अम्बिके न मा यभति कश् चन

     ámbe ámbāly ámbike ná mā yábhati káś caná

     O Amba! O Ambali! O Ambika! Nobody copulates with me.

Conjugation

Present: यभ॑ति (yábhati), यभ॑ते (yábhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	यभ॑ति yábhati	यभ॑तः yábhataḥ	यभ॑न्ति yábhanti	यभ॑ते yábhate	यभे॑ते yábhete	यभ॑न्ते yábhante
Second	यभ॑सि yábhasi	यभ॑थः yábhathaḥ	यभ॑थ yábhatha	यभ॑से yábhase	यभे॑थे yábhethe	यभ॑ध्वे yábhadhve
First	यभा॑मि yábhāmi	यभा॑वः yábhāvaḥ	यभा॑मः / यभा॑मसि¹ yábhāmaḥ / yábhāmasi¹	यभे॑ yábhe	यभा॑वहे yábhāvahe	यभा॑महे yábhāmahe
Imperative
Third	यभ॑तु yábhatu	यभ॑ताम् yábhatām	यभ॑न्तु yábhantu	यभ॑ताम् yábhatām	यभे॑ताम् yábhetām	यभ॑न्ताम् yábhantām
Second	यभ॑ yábha	यभ॑तम् yábhatam	यभ॑त yábhata	यभ॑स्व yábhasva	यभे॑थाम् yábhethām	यभ॑ध्वम् yábhadhvam
First	यभा॑नि yábhāni	यभा॑व yábhāva	यभा॑म yábhāma	यभै॑ yábhai	यभा॑वहै yábhāvahai	यभा॑महै yábhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	यभे॑त् yábhet	यभे॑ताम् yábhetām	यभे॑युः yábheyuḥ	यभे॑त yábheta	यभे॑याताम् yábheyātām	यभे॑रन् yábheran
Second	यभेः॑ yábheḥ	यभे॑तम् yábhetam	यभे॑त yábheta	यभे॑थाः yábhethāḥ	यभे॑याथाम् yábheyāthām	यभे॑ध्वम् yábhedhvam
First	यभे॑यम् yábheyam	यभे॑व yábheva	यभे॑म yábhema	यभे॑य yábheya	यभे॑वहि yábhevahi	यभे॑महि yábhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	यभा॑त् / यभा॑ति yábhāt / yábhāti	यभा॑तः yábhātaḥ	यभा॑न् yábhān	यभा॑ते / यभा॑तै yábhāte / yábhātai	यभै॑ते yábhaite	यभ॑न्त / यभा॑न्तै yábhanta / yábhāntai
Second	यभाः॑ / यभा॑सि yábhāḥ / yábhāsi	यभा॑थः yábhāthaḥ	यभा॑थ yábhātha	यभा॑से / यभा॑सै yábhāse / yábhāsai	यभै॑थे yábhaithe	यभा॑ध्वै yábhādhvai
First	यभा॑नि yábhāni	यभा॑व yábhāva	यभा॑म yábhāma	यभै॑ yábhai	यभा॑वहै yábhāvahai	यभा॑महै yábhāmahai
Participles
	यभ॑त् yábhat			यभ॑मान yábhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अय॑भत् (áyabhat), अय॑भत (áyabhata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अय॑भत् áyabhat	अय॑भताम् áyabhatām	अय॑भन् áyabhan	अय॑भत áyabhata	अय॑भेताम् áyabhetām	अय॑भन्त áyabhanta
Second	अय॑भः áyabhaḥ	अय॑भतम् áyabhatam	अय॑भत áyabhata	अय॑भथाः áyabhathāḥ	अय॑भेथाम् áyabhethām	अय॑भध्वम् áyabhadhvam
First	अय॑भम् áyabham	अय॑भाव áyabhāva	अय॑भाम áyabhāma	अय॑भे áyabhe	अय॑भावहि áyabhāvahi	अय॑भामहि áyabhāmahi

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: žạ́wik
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: جَڈّھَنا (jaḍḍhanā) / ਜੱਢਣਾ (jaḍḍhaṇā)
  • Saraiki: یَہَݨ (yahaṇ), یَبَّھݨ (yabbahṇ)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Marathi: झवणे (jhavṇe)
  • Konkani: झव्चे (zhavce)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “यभति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 845.

Further reading

• partial conjugation (without desiderative).