present 3 singular · atthi 1.1 · atthi 1.2
be
Atthi [Sanskrit asti, 1st singular asmi; Greek εἰμί-ἐστί; Latin sum-est; Gothic im-ist; Anglo-Saxon eom-is English am-is] to be, to exist. Present Indicative 1st singular asmi Snp 1120, 1143; Ja I 151; III 55, and amhi M I 429; Snp 694; Ja II 153; Pv I 10 2 ; II 8 2 . 2nd singular asi Snp 420; Ja II 160 ('si); III 278; Vv 32 4 ; Pv-a 4. — 3rd singular atthi Snp 377, 672, 884; Ja I 278. Often used for 3rd plural (= santi), e.g. Ja I 280; II 2; III 55. — 1st plural asma [Sanskrit smaḥ] Snp 594, 595; asmase Snp 595, and amha Snp 570; Ja II 128. 2nd plural attha Ja II 128; Pv-a 39, 74 (āgat'attha you have come). 3rd plural santi Snp 1077; Nidd II §637 (= saṃvijjanti atthi upalabbhanti); Ja II 353; Pv-a 7, 22 — Imperative atthu Snp 340; Ja I 59; III 26. — potential 1st singular siyā [Sanskrit syām] Pv II 8 8 , and assaṃ [conditional used as potential] Snp 1120; Pv I 12 5 (= bhaveyyaṃ Pv-a 64). — 2nd singular siyā [Sanskrit syāḥ] Pv II 8 7 . — 3rd singular siyā [Sanskrit syāt] D II 154; Snp 325, 1092; Nidd II §105 (= jāneyya, nibbatteyya); Ja I 262; Pv-a 13, and assa D I 135, 196; II 154; A V 194; Snp 49, 143; Dhp 124, 260; Pv II 3 24 ; 9 24 . — 1st plural assu Pv-a 27. 3rd plural assu [cf. Sanskrit syuḥ] Snp 532; Dhp 74; Pv IV 1 36 (= bhaveyyuṃ Pv-a 231). — preterit 1st singular āsiṃ [Sanskrit āsaṃ] Snp 284; Pv I 2 1 (= ahosiṃ Pv-a 83); II 3 4 (= ahosiṃ Pv-a 83). — 3rd singular āsi [Sanskrit āsīt] Snp 994. — 3rd āsuṃ [cf. Sanskrit Perfect āsuḥ] Pv II 3 21 , 13 3 (ti pi pāṭho for su). Present participle sat only in locative sati (as locative absolute) Dhp 146; Ja I 150, 263, santa Snp 105; Nidd II §635; Ja I 150 (locative evaṃ sante in this case); III 26, and samāna (q.v.) Ja I 266; IV 138. -bhāva state of being, existence, being Ja I 222, 290; II 415; Dhp-a II 5; IV 217 (atthibhāva vā n'atthibhāva vā whether there is or not).
is exists; is found; is of, belongs to (genitive); as auxiliary verb with past participle; atthi is frequently used (usually at the beginning of a clause), with singular or plural subject (even with 1 singular or 2 singular), to mean: there is, there are; there exists; or with a following verb (so also santi to mean: there is (exists)… who…; it is the case that…; (adjective, singular nominative masculine ~i) desirous; wanting something; having an aim
(as + a + ti), 有，在，存在。
(pr, pr) there is; there exists is, exists Construction: √as + ti > atthi
(pr, pr 3rd pl of atthi) there are; they are Construction: √as + ti > atthi
(masc, masc, agent) seeker; who wants; who needs; who desires Construction: √atth + i