रति

See also: राता, रात, रातो, राति, रेत, रुत, रीत, and रुतु

Sanskrit

Etymology

From रम् (ram)

Noun

रति • (rati) stem, f

1. rest, repose.
2. pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for (loc. or comp. ; रतिम् with √ आप्, लभ्, उप-लभ्, अधि-गम्, विद्कृ or बन्ध् and loc., ‘ to find pleasure in ’).
3. the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment (often personified as one of the two wives of काम-देव, together with प्रीति q.v.).
4. the pudenda.
5. = रति-गृह, pleasure-house.
6. Name of the sixth कल of the Moon.
7. Name of an अप्सरस्.
8. Name of the wife of विभु (mother of पृथु-षेण).
9. Name of a magical incantation recited over weapons.
10. Name of the letter न्.
11. Name of a metre.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of रति
Nom. sg.	रतिः (ratiḥ)
Gen. sg.	रत्याः / रतेः (ratyāḥ / rateḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रतिः (ratiḥ)	रती (ratī)	रतयः (ratayaḥ)
Vocative	रते (rate)	रती (ratī)	रतयः (ratayaḥ)
Accusative	रतिम् (ratim)	रती (ratī)	रतीः (ratīḥ)
Instrumental	रत्या (ratyā)	रतिभ्याम् (ratibhyām)	रतिभिः (ratibhiḥ)
Dative	रत्यै / रतये (ratyai / rataye)	रतिभ्याम् (ratibhyām)	रतिभ्यः (ratibhyaḥ)
Ablative	रत्याः / रतेः (ratyāḥ / rateḥ)	रतिभ्याम् (ratibhyām)	रतिभ्यः (ratibhyaḥ)
Genitive	रत्याः / रतेः (ratyāḥ / rateḥ)	रत्योः (ratyoḥ)	रतीनाम् (ratīnām)
Locative	रत्याम् / रतौ (ratyām / ratau)	रत्योः (ratyoḥ)	रतिषु (ratiṣu)

Descendants

• → Telugu: రతి (rati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0867.