‹ Back to the text
jahāti
pr 3rd sg of jahāti (verb)
- gives up; leaves; abandons; deserts
Built from
- ja — root · leave, abandon
The root jah- (also appears as han-) carries the image of walking away, departing, or relinquishing. It is cognate with Sanskrit jahāti and ultimately with Greek khairō (rejoice—from the sense of parting or taking leave).
- ā — prefix · toward, up to
The prefix ā reverses or completes the action of the root, here intensifying the sense of leaving or giving up. In jahāti the ā is integral to the root formation rather than separable.
- ti — ending · 3rd singular present
The ending -ti marks third person singular present indicative, indicating the action is happening now and applies to a single subject.
Etymology. From √jah- (also han-), to leave, abandon; cognate with Sanskrit jahāti, Greek χαίρω (khairō) 'rejoices' (originally 'leaves, parts from'), and English 'haste' via Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₂- 'to leave, to go away'. The sense evolves from the concrete image of physically leaving or departing to the more general notion of relinquishing or abandoning.