PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Vadati,[vad,Ved.vadati; Dhtp 134 vada=vacana] to speak,say,tell A.IV,79; Sn.1037,1077 sq.; Pug.42; PvA.13,16,39; Pot.1st sg.vade (so read for vado?) M.I,258; 3rd sg.vadeyya Pv.I,33; aor.3rd pl.vadiṁsu PvA.4.-- Cp.abhi°,upa°,pa°,vi°.-- Another form (not Caus.:see Geiger,P.Gr.§ 1392) is vadeti D.I,36; Vin.II,1; Sn.825; Sn.p.140 (kiṁ vadetha); J.I,294; imper.vadehi PvA.62; Pot.med.1st pl.vademase D.III,197; fut.vadessati Sn.351; aor.vadesi DhA.III,174.-- A specific Pāli formation is a Caus.vādiyati in act.and med.sense (all forms only in Gāthā style),e.g.indic.vādiyati Sn.824=892,832; expld as vadati SnA 541,542,or katheti bhaṇati etc.(the typical Niddesa expln of vadati:see Nd2 555) Nd1 161.In contracted (& shortened) form Pot.2nd sg.vajjesi (*vādiyesi) you might tell,i.e.please tell Pv.II,116 (=vadeyyāsi PvA.149); III,67 (same expln p.203).The other Pot.forms from the same base are the foll.:1st sg.vajjaṁ Th.2,308; 2nd sg.vajjāsi Th.2,307; J.III,272; VI,19; and vajja Th.2,323; 3rd sg.vajjā Sn.971 (cp.Nd1 498); J.VI,526 (=vadeyya C.); 3rd pl.vajjuṁ Sn.859 (=vadeyyuṁ katheyyuṁ etc.Nd2 555); J.V,221.-- Caus.vādeti to make sound,to play (a musical instrument) J.I,293; II,110,254 (vādeyyāma we might play); Ap 31 (aor.vādesuṁ); PvA.151 (vīṇaṁ vādento).-- Pass.vajjati (*vādiyati) to be played or sounded J.I,13 (vajjanti bheriyo); Ap 31 (ppr.vajjamāna & aor.vajjiṁsu).‹-› Another form of ppr.med.(or Pass.) is vadāna (being called,so-called) which is found in poetry only (contracted fr.vadamāna) at Vin.I,36=J.I,83.-- pp.udita2& vādita (q.v.).-- Caus.II.vādāpeti to cause to be played Mhvs 25,74 (tūriyaṁ).(Page 599)
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera