atthi

See also: aṭṭhi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• अत्थि (Devanagari script)
• অত্থি (Bengali script)
• අත්‍ථි (Sinhalese script)
• အတ္ထိ or ဢတ္ထိ or ဢတ်ထိ (Burmese script)
• อตฺถิ or อัตถิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨲ᩠ᨳᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຕ຺ຖິ or ອັຕຖິ (Lao script)
• អត្ថិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-. Compare Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Latin est.

Verb

atthi (root ast, irregular conjugation)

1. to be
2. to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "atthi"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	asmi or amhi	asma or amha
2nd	asi	attha
3rd	atthi	santi
Imperative
1st	asmi or amhi	asma or amha
2nd	ahi	attha
3rd	atthu	santu
Optative
1st	assaṃ	assāma
2nd	assa	assatha
3rd	assa or siyā	assu or siyuṃ

• Present active participle: santa, which see for forms and usage
• Present middle participle: samāna, which see for forms and usage