phāti 1 · phāti 2
Phāti (feminine) [cf. Sanskrit sphāti, from sphāy, sphāyate to swell, increase (Indo-Germanic °spe(i), as in Latin spatium, Old High German spuot, Anglo-Saxon sped = English speed; see Walde, Latin Wtb. sub voce spatium), past participle sphīta = Pāli phīta] swelling, increase Ja II 426 (= vaḍḍhi); Vism 271 (vuddhi + ph.). Usually combined with kr̥, as phāti-kamma increase, profit, advantage Vin II 174; Vibh-a 334 and phāti-karoti to make fat, to increase, to use to advantage M I 220 = A V 347; A III 432.
(fem, fem, abstr) increase; growth [lit.] got fat Construction: √phā + ti
(fem, fem, abstr) success; prosperity [lit.] got fat Construction: √phā + ti