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maññatha
maññati
pr 2nd pl of maññati (verb); imp 2nd pl of maññati (verb); reflx aor 3rd sg of maññi (verb)
- maññati (pr): thinks; imagines; conceives; presumes; supposes
- maññati (pr): knows; is convinced; is sure
- maññati (pr): considers (to be); takes as; regards as; views as; deems as
- maññi (aor): became proud (because of); became conceited (on account of); thought highly of oneself (because of)
- maññi (aor): thought; imagined; presumed; supposed
Built from
- maññ — root · think, suppose
From Indo-European √men- (to think, whence English 'mind', 'mental', 'mention'). The concrete sense is the forming of mental impressions or the turning of the mind toward something.
- atha — ending · 2nd plural
The ending -atha marks second-person plural in the present indicative (or imperative). In this context, 'you (all) think/suppose' or command 'think/suppose (you all)'.
Etymology. Root √maññ-, to think or suppose, related to Sanskrit √man- (to think, whence manas 'mind') and English 'mind', 'mental'. The root carries the sense of forming mental impressions or judgments. In the aorist stem maññi (became proud), the meaning develops from 'thought' to 'thought highly of oneself'—a shift from neutral cognition to prideful self-regard.