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vadetha

vadati

reflx opt 3rd sg of vadati (verb); opt 2nd pl of vadati (verb); pr 2nd pl of vadeti (verb); imp 2nd pl of vadeti (verb); …

1. vadati (pr): says; speaks; tells (to)
2. vadati (pr): disputes; argues; debates; lit. speaks
3. vadati (pr): (of a musical instrument) plays; makes sound; lit. speaks
4. vadati (pr): advises; instructs; lit. speaks
5. vadati (pr): (of a text) says; means; lit. speaks
6. vadeti (pr): calls; describes (as)
7. vadeti (pr): makes sound; lit. cause to speak
8. vadeti (pr): says; speaks

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *wedh- 'to speak'; cognate with Latin vādēs 'surety' (one who speaks for another), Sanskrit vadati 'speaks'. The root preserves the concrete sense of making sound or utterance.

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

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