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bhavatha

bhavati

pr 2nd pl of bhavati (verb); imp 2nd pl of bhavati (verb); reflx aor 3rd sg of bhavi (verb)

1. bhavati (pr): is; is being; becomes
2. bhavati (pr): exists (for)
3. bhavi (aor): became; was; existed

Built from

• bha — root · be, become
  Indo-European *bʰeuH- (to grow, swell, be). Cognates: English be, Latin fui (was), Greek phúō (grow). This root expresses ontological becoming central to the Four Noble Truths.
• va — stem · stem-marker
  Thematic vowel connecting root to inflectional endings in the present system.
• tha — ending · 2nd plural
  Present and imperative 2nd plural ending; -tha signals addressing multiple persons as agents or addressees.

Etymology. √bhū (to be, become), cognate with English be, Latin fuī (was), Greek phúō (grow, bring forth); a root expressing fundamental existence and becoming — in the canon, bhavati marks the copula and the dynamic unfolding of conditioned phenomena.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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