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vadema
vadati
opt 1st pl of vadati (verb); pr 1st pl of vadeti (verb); imp 1st pl of vadeti (verb); opt 1st pl of vadeti (verb)
- vadati (pr): says; speaks; tells (to)
- vadati (pr): disputes; argues; debates; lit. speaks
- vadati (pr): (of a musical instrument) plays; makes sound; lit. speaks
- vadati (pr): advises; instructs; lit. speaks
- vadati (pr): (of a text) says; means; lit. speaks
- vadeti (pr): calls; describes (as)
- vadeti (pr): makes sound; lit. cause to speak
- vadeti (pr): says; speaks
Built from
- vad — root · speak, say
The root sense is utterance and assertion. Cognate with Latin vādēs and Greek roots for voice and lamentation; the fundamental image is vocalization gaining presence through repetition.
- e — ending · thematic vowel
Marks the present stem of the a-class verb, creating the active voice stem for conjugation.
- ma — ending · 1st person plural
Optative or present indicative first plural ending, expressing a group action or wish (optative) or a statement of shared speaking.
Etymology. Root √vad (speak, say) is cognate with Latin vādēs (surety, one who stands as witness — one who speaks for another), Greek ὀδύρομαι (odúromai, lament — speak grief), and English wade (to speak one's way through, in Middle English dialectal sense). The sense shift from 'voice' to 'dispute' reflects the original notion of utterance gaining weight through repeated assertion.