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120-121] CONJUGATION 117nema ' other :sing. L. m. n^masmin. PI. N. iii. neme, but G. nemanam(unaccented).sva own (116c), othei"\vise following the nominal declension, hasonce sing. G. f. svasyas and once L. n. svasmin,samana similar, common has once sing. Ab. n. samanasmad besidesamanad.3. Four adjectives, numerical in form or meaning, haveoccasional pronominal endings : prathama first has the-trtiya third has sing.L. f.sing. G. f. prathamasyas ;-trtiyasyam ; libhaya of both Jdnds has pi. m. G. ubhayesam^and N. ubhaye beside ubhayasas and libhayas ;kevalaexclusive has once pi. N. m. k^vale.CHAPTER IVCONJUGATION121. Vedic verbs are inflected in two voices, active andmiddle. The middle forms may be employed in a passivesense, except in the present system, which has a specialpassive stem inflected with the middle endings. Someverbs are conjugated in both active and middle, e. g. krno-tiand krnu-t6 makes ;others in one voice only, e. g. as-ti is ;others partly in one, partly in the other ;e. g. varta-teturns, but perfect va-vart-a has turned.a. The Vedic verb has in each tense and mood threenumbers, Singular, Dual, and Plural, all in regular use,Perhaps from na + ima not this.^2 Cp. 107, note 4.3ubha both is declined in the Du. only: N.A. m. ubha,f. ubhe.I. ubhabhyam. G. ubhayos.