m. (cf. 1. pat; when uncompounded and meaning husband instr. p/atyā; dat. p/atye; gen. abl. p/atyur; loc. p/atyau; but when meaning lord, master, and ifc. regularly inflected with exceptions; cf. Pa1n2. 1-4, 8; 9) a master, owner, possessor, lord, ruler,... m. a husband ib. (in comp. either with the stem or with the gen., e.g. duhitṛ-p or tuḥ-p Pa1n2. 6-3, 24; when mfn. f. = m. e.g. -jīvat-patyā tvayā R. ii, 24, 8,...