लिपटना (lipatnaa)
verb
One core meaning: to wrap, cling, or coil around something -- used for a person embracing someone, a garment wrapping the body, or something coiled like a snake or vine.
Sense
1
:
to cling to, embrace, wrap oneself around (someone/something)
verb, intransitive Takes से (se) for the person or thing being clung to: माँ से लिपटना (maan se lipatnaa, 'to cling to mother').
Synonyms: चिपटना (chipatnaa), गले लगना (gale lagnaa, to embrace, esp. of people), लपेटना (lapetnaa, transitive counterpart -- to wrap something around)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is the word for the kind of clinging hug where the whole body wraps in -- a child grabbing a parent's leg at the school gate, or two people embracing tightly in a moment of relief or grief. It carries more physical intensity than गले लगना (gale lagnaa), which is closer to a standard hug or greeting.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for गले लगना (gale lagnaa) for every hug, but लिपटना (lipatnaa) suggests a tighter, fuller-body cling or wrap, like a child clinging to a parent's leg or a scared person clutching someone. 2) The person or thing being clung to takes से (se), not को (ko) -- वह उससे लिपट गई (vah usse lipat gaii, 'she clung to him'), not उसे लिपट गई.
Sample Sentences:
बच्चा रोते हुए अपनी माँ से लिपट गया।
The child clung to his mother, crying.
(bachchaa rote hue apnii maan se lipat gayaa।)
जब भी वह डर जाती है, पापा से लिपट जाती है।
Whenever she gets scared, she clings to her dad.
(jab bhii vah dar jaatii hai, paapaa se lipat jaatii hai।)
बरसों बाद मिलते ही दोनों बहनें एक-दूसरे से लिपट गईं।
The moment they met after years, the two sisters embraced each other tightly.
(barson baad milte hii donon bahnen ek-doosre se lipat gaiin।)
वह अपने पति के शव से लिपटी हुई थी।
She was clinging to her husband's body.
(vah apne pati ke shav se liptii huii thii।)
मुझसे मत लिपटो, मुझे पहले साँस लेने दो।
Don't cling to me, let me breathe first.
(mujhse mat lipto, mujhe pahle saans lene do।)
अगर वह इतना न डरता, तो शायद इस तरह लिपटता नहीं।
If he weren't so scared, he probably wouldn't cling like this.
(agar vah itnaa n dartaa, to shaayad is tarah lipattaa nahiin।)
स्कूल के गेट पर बच्चे अक्सर अपनी माँओं से लिपट जाते हैं।
At the school gate, children often cling to their mothers.
(skool ke get par bachche aksar apnii maanon se lipat jaate hain।)
खबर सुनकर वह फूट-फूट कर रोई और अपनी सहेली से लिपट गई।
On hearing the news, she broke down crying and clung to her friend.
(khabar sunkar vah phoot-phoot kar roii aur apnii sahelii se lipat gaii।)
शायद वह डर के मारे उससे लिपट जाए।
Perhaps she'll cling to him out of fear.
(shaayad vah dar ke maare usse lipat jaae।)
वह अभी भी अपनी गुड़िया से लिपटी हुई सो रही है।
She's still sleeping, clinging to her doll.
(vah abhii bhii apnii gudiyaa se liptii huii so rahii hai।)
Sense
2
:
to wrap around, coil around (of a garment, vine, snake, smoke, etc.)
verb, intransitive Common with inanimate or natural subjects: साड़ी बदन से लिपट गई (saadii badan se lipat gaii, 'the sari clung to the body'); साँप डाल से लिपटा था (saamp daal se liptaa thaa, 'the snake was coiled around the branch').
Synonyms: लपेटना (lapetnaa, transitive -- to wrap something around), चिपटना (chipatnaa, to stick/cling to a surface)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this in descriptions of a wet सारी (saadii) clinging to the body after rain, a bougainvillea vine wrapped around a gate, or fog wrapped around hills -- Hindi likes this verb for anything that molds itself tightly around a shape.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners familiar only with the 'hug' sense may miss that लिपटना (lipatnaa) is equally at home describing cloth, smoke, or a creeper wrapping around something -- it is not restricted to people.
Sample Sentences:
गीली साड़ी उसके बदन से लिपट गई।
The wet sari clung to her body.
(giilii saadii uske badan se lipat gaii।)
बोगनवेलिया की बेल गेट पर लिपटी हुई है।
The bougainvillea vine is coiled around the gate.
(boganveliyaa kii bel get par liptii huii hai।)
पहाड़ों पर कोहरा लिपटा रहता है।
Fog stays wrapped around the hills.
(pahaadon par kohraa liptaa rahtaa hai।)
धुआँ चिमनी के चारों तरफ लिपटता जा रहा था।
The smoke was coiling around the chimney more and more.
(dhuaan chimnii ke chaaron taraph lipattaa jaa rahaa thaa।)
साँप पेड़ की शाखा पर लिपट गया।
The snake coiled around the tree branch.
(saamp ped kii shaakhaa par lipat gayaa।)
अगर हवा तेज़ न होती तो तार पर पत्ते इतने न लिपटते।
If the wind hadn't been so strong, the leaves wouldn't have coiled around the wire so much.
(agar havaa tez n hotii to taar par patte itne n lipatte।)
जब कपड़ा बारिश में भीगता है तो शरीर से लिपट जाता है।
When cloth gets soaked in the rain, it clings tightly to the body.
(jab kapdaa baarish men bhiigtaa hai to shariir se lipat jaataa hai।)
बेल को दीवार पर लिपटने दो, इसे मत काटो।
Let the vine coil around the wall, don't cut it.
(bel ko diivaar par lipatne do, ise mat kaato।)
शाम होते-होते धुंध पूरे शहर पर लिपट गई थी।
By evening, the mist had wrapped itself around the whole city.
(shaam hote-hote dhundh poore shahar par lipat gaii thii।)
कवि ने लिखा कि बादल पहाड़ की चोटी से लिपट गए।
The poet wrote that the clouds coiled around the mountain peak.
(kavi ne likhaa ki baadal pahaad kii chotii se lipat gae।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
लिपटना
(lipatnaa)
infinitive oblique:
लिपटने
(lipatne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
लिपटता
(lipattaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
लिपटते
(lipatte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
लिपटती
(lipattii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
लिपटतीं
(lipattiin)
continuous (sg.m):
लिपट रहा
(lipat rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
लिपट रहे
(lipat rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
लिपट रही
(lipat rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
लिपट रहीं
(lipat rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
लिपटा
(liptaa)
perfective (pl.m):
लिपटे
(lipte)
perfective (sg.f):
लिपटी
(liptii)
perfective (pl.f):
लिपटीं
(liptiin)
imperative (informal):
लिपट
(lipat)
imperative (neutral):
लिपटो
(lipto)
imperative (formal):
लिपटिए
(liptie)
future (1sg.m):
लिपटूँगा
(liptoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
लिपटूँगी
(liptoongii)
future (1pl.m):
लिपटेंगे
(liptenge)
future (1pl.f):
लिपटेंगी
(liptengii)
future (2sg.m):
लिपटेगा
(liptegaa)
future (2sg.f):
लिपटेगी
(liptegii)
future (2pl.m):
लिपटोगे
(liptoge)
future (2pl.f):
लिपटोगी
(liptogii)
future (3sg.m):
लिपटेगा
(liptegaa)
future (3sg.f):
लिपटेगी
(liptegii)
future (3pl.m):
लिपटेंगे
(liptenge)
future (3pl.f):
लिपटेंगी
(liptengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
लिपटूँ
(liptoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
लिपटें
(lipten)
subjunctive (2sg):
लिपटे
(lipte)
subjunctive (2pl):
लिपटो
(lipto)
subjunctive (3sg):
लिपटे
(lipte)
subjunctive (3pl):
लिपटें
(lipten)