Vol. 16 · pages 706–710
The Pali Grammar and Pali–English Dictionary
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Spends, foLltsfr foLlVò foLlTtsRok
Spreads, (v.i.) iRFkjfr iRFkV iRFkfjRok
(v.t.) foRFkkjsfr foRFkr foRFkkjsRok
Springs up, mfCHkTtfr mfCHkUu mfCHkTt
Stands, frVòfr fBr BRok
Steals, pksjsfr] Fksusfr pksfjr] Fksfur pksfjRok] FksusRok
Strews, fofdjfr fofd..k fofdfjRok
Strings, vkoq.kfr vkoqr vkoqf.kRok
Stumbles, iD[kyfr iD[kfyr iD[kfyRok
Swallows, fxyfr fxfyr fxfyRok
Sweeps, lEeTtfr lEeVò lEefTtRok
Swoons, eqPNfr eqfPNr eqfPNRok
Takes, vknkfr vkfnUu vknk;] vkfnf;Rok
x.gkfr xfgr xgsRok] xf.g;
Takes down, vksrkjsfr vksrkfjr vksrkjsRok
vksjksisfr vksjksfir vksjksfi;
Tastes, lk;fr lkf;r lkf;Rok
Teaches, mXx.gkisfr mXx.gkfir mXx.gkisRok
flD[kkisfr fl[kkfir fl[kkisRok
Thinks, fpUrsfr fpfUrr fpUrsRok
Threatens, rTtsfr rfTtr rTtsRok
Throws, f[kifr f[kÙk f[kfiRok
Touches, iqQlfr iqQVò iqQflRok
Trains, flD[kkisfr flD[kkfir flD[kkfi;
nesfr nfer nfe;
Translates, ifjoÙksfr ifjofÙkr ifjoÙksr
Trembles, dEifr dfEer dfEiRok
Turns, oVðsfr ofVðV oVðsRok
Understands, cqTtfr cqT> cqfT>Rok
Unfolds, ilkjsfr ilkfjr ilkfj;
Vomits, oefr ofer ofeRok
Waits for, vkxesfr µ vkxesRok
Walks, pjfr µ pfjRok
Wanders, vkfg.Mfr µ vkfgf.MRok
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Washes, ?kksofr ?kksr ?kksfoRok
Wears on, fuoklsfr fuoRFk fuoklsRok
Weaves, foukfr ohr fofuRok
Wins, ftukfr ftr ftfuRok
Wishes, bPNfr bfPNr bfPN;
Wraps, osBsfr osfBr osBsRok
Writes, fy[kfr fyf[kr fyf[kRok
Yokes, ;kstsfr ;qÙk ;kstsRok] ;ksft;
III. The Participles /krqlkf/rsa
The participles are either verbal adjectives, agreeing with the
qualified nouns in gender, number and case or indeclinables. As usual
with verbs they are classified according to tenses, as present, past
and future: The Future Participle is less commonly met with. The
Past Particple is the declinable past passive participle and is formed
by r or br to the root. The Pali Past Participles, listed above, are
all from the Sanskrit forms directly, with modification. The past
participles are used as adjective and are declined like cq… (m); iQy
(n); d××kk (f): The Indeclinable Past Participle also called the
Absolutive (Pali-Course) or the Gerund (English Grammar) are formed
by adding Rok to the root. They are dealt with under Nipata or vO;;The Infinitive of purpose is the same thing as rqeUr vO;; and is
indeclinable.
(1) Present Participles : Addition of vUr or eku to a root forms
Present Participle (masculine) and are declined HkxoUr_ cq…xe µ xPN $ vUr ¾ xPNUr_ xPN~ $ eku ¾ xPNeku
nn µ on~ $ vUr ¾ onUr_ on $ eku ¾ oneku
da[k µ da[k~ $ vUr ¾ da[kUr_ da[k $ eku ¾ da[keku
yHk µ yHk~ $ vUr ¾ yHkUr_ yHk $ eku ¾ yHkeku
#n µ jksn~ $ vUr ¾ jksnUr_ jksn $ eku ¾ jksneku
lqi µ lqi~ $ vUr ¾ lqiUr_ lqi $ eku ¾ lqieku
nk µ nn~ $ vUr ¾ nnUr] nsUr_ nn $ eku ¾ nneku
gk µ tg~ $ vUr ¾ tgUr_ tg $ eku ¾ tgeku
dq/ µ dqT>~ $ vUr ¾ dqT>Ur_ dqT> $ eku ¾ dqT>eku
;q/ µ ;qT>~ $ vUr ¾ ;qT>Ur_ ;qT> $ eku ¾ ;qT>eku
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lq µ (Jq) lq.k~ $ vUr ¾ lq.kUr_ lq.k $ eku ¾ lq.keku
ld (’kd~) lØïksUr ¾
iqPN µ iqPN~ $ vUr ¾ iqPNUr_ iqPN $ eku ¾ iqPNeu
ej µ ej~ $ vUr ¾ ejUr_ ej $ eku ¾ ejeku
Hkaqt µ Hkaqt~ $ vUr ¾ Hkq×tUr_ Hkq×teku
dj µ (Ñ) dj~ $ vUr ¾ djksUr
xg µ x.g $ vUr ¾ x.gUr_ x.g $ eku ¾ x.geku
fo $ dh µ fofØïj.k~ $ vUr ¾ fofØï.kUr_ fofØï.k $ eku ¾ fofØï.keku
pqj µ pksj;~ $ vUr ¾ pksj;Ur_ pksj; $ eku ¾ pksj $ vUr ¾ pksjsUr
dFk µ dFk;~ $ vUr ¾ dFk;Ur_ dFks $ vUr ¾ dFksUr_
dFk; $ eku ¾ dFk;eku
Addition of vrh] vUrh ekuk] to the verbal root forms Feminine Present
Participle :–
xe µ xPN~ $ vrh ¾ xPNrh_ xPNUrh_ xPNekuk
on µ on~ $ vrh ¾ onrh_ onUrh_ onekuk Thye are declined
d[k µ da[k~ $ vrh ¾ da[krh_ da[kUrh_ da[kekuk like, xPNrh] xPNUrh
yHk µ yHk~ $ vrh ¾ yHkrh_ yHkUrh_ yHkekuk
The neuter Present Participle is formed by adding vUr and eku to the root and
is declined like iQy.
(2) The Future Participle, not very common, is formed by inserting bLl
between the verbal base (/krq˜ı) and the termination vUr or eku of the Present
Participle, e.g. :–
ip $ bLl $ vUr ¾ ifpLlUr ¾ who will be cooking
ifpLleku ¾
– Masculine forms.
ip $ bLl $ vrh ¾ ifpLlrh_ ifpLlUrh
– Feminine forms
ir $ bLl $ vUr ¾ ifpLlUra ¾ ifpLlUra iQya] a fruit about to fall
– Neuter forms.
(3) The declinable Past Participles are often referred as declinable
Past Passive Participles. They are formed by adding r or br to the verbal
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root. For convenience and easy understanding a list of Past Participles with their
genders are given below :–
Root Masculine Feminine Neuter
Gender Gender Gender
xe xrks xrk xra
ue urks urk ura
iqPN iqfPNrks] iqVòks iqfPNrk] iqVòk iqfPNra] iqVòa
fnl fnVòks fnVòk fnVòa
uh uhrks uhrk uhra
Bk] frVò fBrks fBrk fBra
gu grs grk gra
ik ihrks ihrk ihra
yHk y…ks y…k y…a
xg xfgrks xfgrk xfgra
dj drks drk dra
vk $ jHk vkj}ks vkj}k vkj}a
nk nÙkks] fnUuks nÙkk] fnUuk nÙka] fnUua
vk $ :g vk:gks vk:gk vk:ga
vks $ yksd vksyksfdrks vksyksfdrk vksyksfdra
[kkn [kkfnrks [kkfnrk [kkfnra
f[ki f[kÙkks f[kÙkk f[kÙka
pj pfjrks] fp..kks pfjrk] fp..kk pfjra] fp..ka
fNn fNUuks fNUuk fNUua
×kk ×kkrks ×kkrk ×kkra
/kso /ksforks /ksfork /ksfora
Ugk ugkrks] Ugkrks ugkrk] Ugkrk ugkra] Ugkra
cq… cq…ks cq…k cq…a
Hkkl Hkkflrks Hkkflrk Hkkflra
ej erks erk era
eqp eqÙkks eqÙkk eqÙka
;kp ;kfprks ;kfprk ;kfpra
jD[k jfD[krks jfD[krk jfD[kra
ol oflrks] oqflrks oqflrk] oqflrk oflra] oqflra
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(4) The Potential Passive Participles are used to denote some action which
is fit or proper to be done e.g., the students should get up at dawn ek.kodsfg
iPpwldkys mf VòrCc- Here the subject must be in the instrumental while the
participle must agree with the object in gender, number, and case. If there
is no object then the participle must be in Neuter, Nominative, Singular
e.g. :–
jD[k µ jfD[krCc] jD[kuh;] jfD[k;
oan µ ofUnrCc] oUnuh;] lafn; (oU;)
fNn µ NsrCc] Nsnuh;] fNfUnrCc
lq µ lksrCc] lqf.krCc] lo.kh;
dFk µ dFkf;rCc] dFksrCc] dFkuh;
iwt µ iwtf;rCc] iwtsrCc] iwtuh;] iqTt
IV. Some adverbial phrases, interjections
and addressing forms.
Ah ! Alas ! gk] vgks
Anyhow, ;su dsufp vkdkjsu
By how much, fdÙkkork
By this much, ,Ùkkork
For a long time, fpjk;
Hail ! t;rq!
In many places, cgqRFk
In one place, ,dRFk
In one way, ,d/k
In two ways, f}/k
In three ways, fr/k
In four ways, prq/k
In five ways, i×p/k
In six ways, N/k
In seven ways, lÙk/k
In eight ways, vVò/k
In nine ways, uo/k
In ten ways, nl/k
Twice, f}D[kraq
Four times, prqD[kÙkqa
Six times, ND[kÙkqa
Twenty times, ohlfrd[kÙkqa
Thousand times, lgLlD[kÙkqa
How many times, dfrD[kÙkqa \
Well done, lk/q ! l/q !
What else, v××ka fld \
In hundred ways, lr/k
In many ways, cgq/k
In how many ways, dfr/k
In every way, lCc/k
In both ways, mHk;Fkk
In another way, v××kFkk
In the other way, brjFkk
In another place, v××knk
In both places, mHk;RFk
In another day, v××knk
In the presence of, lEeq[kk
In the absence of, ijEeq[kk