sammati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सम्मति (Devanagari script)
• সম্মতি (Bengali script)
• සම‍්මති (Sinhalese script)
• သမ္မတိ or သမ်မတိ (Burmese script)
• สมฺมติ or สัมมะติ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨾ᩠ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສມ຺ມຕິ or ສັມມະຕິ (Lao script)
• សម្មតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄟𑄴𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Sanskrit शाम्यति (śāmyati, “to cease”).

Verb

sammati (root sam, third conjugation)

1. to be appeased, to be calmed
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

2. to cease
3. to rest
4. to dwell Synonym: vasati

Conjugation

Conjugation of "sammati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	sammasi	sammatha
3rd	sammati	sammanti
Imperative
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	samma or sammāhi	sammatha
3rd	sammatu	sammantu
Optative
1st	sammeyyāmi or sammeyyaṃ or samme	sammeyyāma
2nd	sammeyyāsi or samme	sammeyyātha
3rd	sammeyya or samme	sammeyyuṃ

• Present active participle: sammant, which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: santa, which see for forms and usage.
• Causative: sāmeti, sāmayati, which see for forms and usage.

Derived terms

• pasammati

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit श्राम्यति (śrāmyati, “to be weary”).

Verb

sammati (root sam, third conjugation)

1. to be tired

Conjugation

Conjugation of "sammati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	sammasi	sammatha
3rd	sammati	sammanti
Imperative
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	samma or sammāhi	sammatha
3rd	sammatu	sammantu

• Present active participle: sammant, which see for forms and usage
• Past participle: santa, which see for forms and usage.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Sanskrit शम्यति (śamyati, “to toil at”).

Verb

sammati (root sam, third conjugation)

1. to work
2. to be satisfactory

Conjugation

Conjugation of "sammati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	sammasi	sammatha
3rd	sammati	sammanti
Imperative
1st	sammāmi	sammāma
2nd	samma or sammāhi	sammatha
3rd	sammatu	sammantu

• Present active participle: sammant, which see for forms and usage

Adjective

sammati

1. masculine and neuter locative singular of sammant, present participle of the verbs above

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sammati”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “santa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead