juhati

pr 3rd sg of juhati (verb)

makes an oblation; makes an offering

Built from

juh — root · pour, sacrifice
Concrete sense: pouring out liquid (water, ghee, soma) in ritual. The act of pouring becomes the act of offering to the gods, hence 'make oblation'. Cognate with Greek χέω (chéō) and Latin fundō.
a — ending · present stem
Thematic vowel marking the root as belonging to the class of simple present stems (a-class verbs).
ti — ending · 3rd singular present
Personal ending indicating third person singular present indicative active voice.

Etymology. From √juh (to pour, sacrifice), cognate with Sanskrit √hu (to sacrifice), Greek χέω (chéō, to pour), and Latin fundō (to pour, found). The root is ancient, attested across Indo-European languages in the sense of pouring out, whether libations or foundational acts.

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

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