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labhetha

labhati

reflx opt 3rd sg of labhati (verb); opt 2nd pl of labhati (verb)

1. labhati (pr): gets; receives; obtains (something for)
2. labhati (pr): is possible; is permissible; is allowable
3. labhetha (opt): one oneself would get; one oneself would acquire; one oneself would obtain
4. labhati (pr): gets through (to somebody); makes (somebody) understand; lit. gets

Built from

• labh — root · obtain, grasp
  Cognate with Latin laborāre and Greek lambánein. The concrete imagery of seizing or grasping underlies the meanings obtain and receive.
• e — ending · optative marker
  Thematic vowel of the optative stem, marking potential or conditional action.
• tha — ending · 2nd plural / 3rd singular optative
  Optative person-number ending: either 2nd plural (labhetha: you would obtain) or 3rd singular reflexive middle (one would obtain for oneself).

Etymology. From √labh, cognate with Latin laborāre (to toil, to obtain with effort) and Greek lambánein (to take, grasp). The root carries the sense of grasping or seizing, hence obtaining. The optative mood expresses potential or wished-for action.

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

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