निपात

See also: नपात् and नप्तृ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• নিপাত (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬧᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
• নিপাত (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰢𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• နိပါတ (Burmese script)
• નિપાત (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਪਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦥꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂣𑂰𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಪಾತ (Kannada script)
• និបាត (Khmer script)
• ນິປາຕ (Lao script)
• നിപാത (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘢𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᢒᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧂𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐥𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
• ନିପାତ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢦꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆥𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖢𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
• නිපාත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩰𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚞𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• நிபாத (Tamil script)
• నిపాత (Telugu script)
• นิปาต (Thai script)
• ནི་པཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒣𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨞𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From नि- (ni-) +‎ पात (pāta), vṛddhi derivative of पत् (pat, “to fall”). Compare Old Armenian նպատակ (npatak).

Noun

निपात • (nipāta) stem, m

1. descent, falling
2. attack
3. destruction, ruin, decay, death
4. throw, hurl, discharge (Kum.)
5. accidental occurrence or mention (Nir., ĀśvŚr.)
6. (grammar) irregular form, exception
7. (grammar) particle (Nir., Prāt., Pāṇ.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of निपात
Nom. sg.	निपातः (nipātaḥ)
Gen. sg.	निपातस्य (nipātasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निपातः (nipātaḥ)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपाताः (nipātāḥ)
Vocative	निपात (nipāta)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपाताः (nipātāḥ)
Accusative	निपातम् (nipātam)	निपातौ (nipātau)	निपातान् (nipātān)
Instrumental	निपातेन (nipātena)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातैः (nipātaiḥ)
Dative	निपाताय (nipātāya)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातेभ्यः (nipātebhyaḥ)
Ablative	निपातात् (nipātāt)	निपाताभ्याम् (nipātābhyām)	निपातेभ्यः (nipātebhyaḥ)
Genitive	निपातस्य (nipātasya)	निपातयोः (nipātayoḥ)	निपातानाम् (nipātānām)
Locative	निपाते (nipāte)	निपातयोः (nipātayoḥ)	निपातेषु (nipāteṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “निपात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0549.