to give, etc.
I. Forms
The foll. bases form the Pāli verb-system: dā, dāy, dadā & di.
- Bases dā & (reduced); da
- dā˚: fut. dassati Ja.i.113, Ja.i.279 Ja.iii.83; AN.iii.37; 1st sg. dassāmi Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.160; Pv-a.17 Pv-a.35, etc
■ dammi interpreted by Com. as fut. is in reality a contraction fr. dātuṃ īhāmi, used as a hortative or dubitative subjunctive (fr. dāhāmi, like kāhami I am willing to do fr. kātuṃ īhāmi) Snp.p.15 (“shall I give”); Ja.ii.112; Ja.iv.10 (varaṃ te dammi); Pv.i.10#3 Pv.ii.3#24 (kin t’ āhaṃ dammi what can I give thee = dassāmi Pv-a.88)
■ pret. adā Snp.303; Pv.ii.2#8 (= adāsi Pv-a.81) Mhvs.vii.14; 2nd sg. ado Ja.iv.10 (= adāsi Com.): Mil.384; 1st. pl. adamha Ja.ii.71; Mil.10; 2nd pl. adattha Ja.i.57 (mā ad.); Mil.10, & dattha Ja.ii.181
aor adāsi Ja.i.150, Ja.i.279; Pv-a.73, etc.; pl. adaṃsu Pv.i.11#6
inf dātuṃ Ja.iii.53; Pv-a.17, Pv-a.48 (˚kāma), etc. & dātave Snp.286
grd dātabba Ja.iii.52; Pv-a.7, Pv-a.26, Pv-a.88, etc. - da˚: pp. datta -ger. datvā Ja.i.152, Ja.i.290 (a˚); Pv-a.70, Pv-a.72, etc. & datvāna Pv.i.11#3; also as -dā (for ˚dāya or ˚dāna) in prep. compounds, like an-upādā, ādā, etc. Der fr. 1 are Caus. dāpeti, pp. dāpita; n. ag. dātar; nt dāna. See also suffix dā,˚ datti, dattikā, etc.; and pp atta (= ā-d[a]ta).
- dā˚: fut. dassati Ja.i.113, Ja.i.279 Ja.iii.83; AN.iii.37; 1st sg. dassāmi Ja.i.223; Ja.ii.160; Pv-a.17 Pv-a.35, etc
- Bases dāy & (reduced); day contracted into de.
- dāy˚: only in der. dāya, dāyaka dāyin and in prep. compounds ā-dāye (ger. of ādāti).
- de˚: pres. ind. deti Snp.130; Ja.ii.111, Ja.ii.154; Pv-a.8 1st sg. demi Ja.i.228, Ja.i.307; 2nd desi Ja.i.279; Pv-a.39 1st pl. dema Ja.i.263; Ja.iii.126