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bhavissanti
bhavati
fut 3rd pl of bhavati (verb); fut 3rd pl of bhavissati (verb); fem voc sg of bhavissantī (noun)
- bhavati (pr): is; is being; becomes
- bhavati (pr): exists (for)
- bhavissa (cond): would have been; could be
- bhavissati (fut): could be; should be; lit. will be
- bhavissati (fut): it belongs (to); lit. it will be
- bhavissati (fut): will happen; will occur; lit. it will be
- bhavissanti (sandhi): 'I could be'; 'I will be'; 'may I be'; lit. I will be
- bhavissantī (fem): (gram) future tense; lit. will be
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Built from
- bhav — root · be, become
From IE *bhuH-. Concrete sense: to grow or come into being. The same root produces English "be", Latin "fuī", Sanskrit bhavati.
- iss — stem · future/potential
Modal marker forming future and conditional stems; marks the event as potential or futural rather than actual.
- anti — ending · 3rd plural
Verb ending marking 3rd person plural; -a- is thematic vowel, -nti the plural morpheme (cognate with Latin -nt in amant "they love").
Analysis. bhav- (root √bhū
Etymology. From Indo-European √*bhuH- "to grow, become, be"; cognates: English "be", German "bin", Latin "fuī" (I was), Sanskrit भवति (bhavati). The future stem bhaviss- adds the modal suffix -issa- (potential/future) + -anti (3rd plural ending).