niggaṇhāti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• निग्गण्हाति (Devanagari script)
• নিগ্গণ্হাতি (Bengali script)
• නිග‍්ගණ‍්හාති (Sinhalese script)
• နိဂ္ဂဏှာတိ or ၼိၷ္ၷꧣှႃတိ or ၼိၷ်ၷꧣှႃတိ (Burmese script)
• นิคฺคณฺหาติ or นิคคัณหาติ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩥᨣ᩠ᨣᨱ᩠ᩉᩣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ນິຄ຺ຄຓ຺ຫາຕິ or ນິຄຄັຓຫາຕິ (Lao script)
• និគ្គណ្ហាតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄨𑄉𑄴𑄉𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄂𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• niggaṇhati (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• निग्गण्हति (Devanagari script)
• নিগ্গণ্হতি (Bengali script)
• නිග‍්ගණ‍්හති (Sinhalese script)
• နိဂ္ဂဏှတိ or ၼိၷ္ၷꧣှတိ or ၼိၷ်ၷꧣှတိ (Burmese script)
• นิคฺคณฺหติ or นิคคัณหะติ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩥᨣ᩠ᨣᨱ᩠ᩉᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ນິຄ຺ຄຓ຺ຫຕິ or ນິຄຄັຓຫະຕິ (Lao script)
• និគ្គណ្ហតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄨𑄉𑄴𑄉𑄕𑄴𑄦𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

ni- +‎ gaṇhāti and ni- +‎ gaṇhati

Although there is a Vedic Sanskrit verb निगृह्णाति (nigṛhṇāti, “to hold back”), the gemination of the initial of the simplex after prefixes, as in the aorist aggahi, indicates an intermediate stage with the full grade of the root rather than the zero grade.

Verb

niggaṇhāti (root gah, fifth conjugation)

1. to restrain
2. to rebuke

Conjugation

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	niggaṇhāmi	niggaṇhāma
2nd	niggaṇhāsi or niggaṇhasi	niggaṇhātha or niggaṇhatha
3rd	niggaṇhāti or niggaṇhati	niggaṇhanti
Imperative
1st	niggaṇhāmi	niggaṇhāma
2nd	niggaṇhā or niggaṇhāhi or niggaṇha	niggaṇhātha or niggaṇhatha
3rd	niggaṇhātu or niggaṇhatu	niggaṇhantu
Optative
1st	niggaṇheyyāmi or niggaṇheyyaṃ or niggaṇhe	niggaṇheyyāma
2nd	niggaṇheyyāsi or niggaṇhe	niggaṇheyyātha
3rd	niggaṇheyya or niggaṇhe	niggaṇheyyuṃ

Conjugation of "niggaṇhāti"

• Present active participle: niggaṇhant, which see for forms and usage
• Past passive participle: niggahīta, which see for forms and usage
• Past passive participle: niggahita, which see for forms and usage