पति [ pati ] [ páti ]1 m. ( cf. √ 1. [ pat ] ; when uncompounded and meaning " husband " instr. [ pátyā ] ; dat. [ pátye ] ; gen. abl. [ pátyur ] ; loc. [ pátyau ] ; but when meaning " lord , master " , and ifc. regularly inflected with exceptions ; cf. Lit. Pāṇ. 1-4 , 8 ; 9) a master , owner , possessor , lord , ruler , sovereign Lit. RV.

a husband Lit. ib. ( in comp. either with the stem or with the gen. , e.g. [ duhitṛ-p ] or [ °tuḥ-p° ] Lit. Pāṇ. 6-3 , 24 ; when mfn. f. = m. e.g. [ -jīvat-patyā tvayā ] Lit. R. ii , 24 , 8 , or [ patikā ] e.g. [ pramīta-patikā ] Lit. Mn. ix , 68)

one of the 2 entities ( with [ pāśupatás ] ) Lit. RTL. 89

a root Lit. L.

[ pati ] f. a female possessor , mistress Lit. Pāṇ. 4-1 , 33 Sch.

a wife ( [ vṛddha-p ] = [ -patnī ] , the wife of an old man Lit. ib. 34 Sch.) ( ( cf. Gk. 1 , " husband " ; Lat. (potis) , [ pos-sum ] for [ potis-sum ] ; Lith. (patis) , " husband " ; Goth. ( (bruth-) ) (faths) , " bridegroom " ) )

f. = [ gati ] , going, motion.