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pivati

pr 3rd sg of pivati (verb)

1. drinks; sips; imbibes

Built from

• pī — root · drink
  The basic root denoting the act of drinking or imbibing a liquid. Shared across Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, and Germanic languages from Indo-European *pew-.
• va — stem · stem formant
  Thematic vowel converting the root into a present stem suitable for conjugation.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg present
  The primary active ending marking third person singular present indicative, shared with Sanskrit -ti.

Etymology. From root √pī (to drink). Cognate with Sanskrit pibati, Latin bibere (English beverage), Greek πίνω pinō. The root is ancient Indo-European *pew- (to drink), visible across most European languages (English imbibe, German Bier, Russian пиво pivo).

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

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