MacDonnell II - Wilbourhall.org

120 CONJUGATION [1-25-127A. First Conjugation.125. 1. The first or Bhu class adds a to the last letter ofthe root, which being accented takes Guna of a finalvowel(short or long) and of a short medial vowel followed by oneconsonant e. ; g. ji conquer jay-a bhu : Jje : bhav-a; ;budhaicake:bodh-a.2. The sixth or Tud class adds an accented a to the root,which being unaccented has no Guna. Before this a final fto ir.is changed3. The fourth or Div class adds ya to the last letter ofthe root, which is accented;^ e.g. nah hind: nah-ya div;'play: div-ya (cp. 15, 1 c).B. Second Conjugation.126. The strong forms are :1. The singular present and imperfect active ;2. The whole subjunctive ;3. The third person singular imperative active.In these forms the vowel of the root or of the affix, beingaccented,is strengthened ; while in the weak forms it isreduced because the terminations are accented.a. In the ninth class the accented form of the affix is na, the unaccentedni or n ;in the seventh they are respectively nd and n.127. 1. The second or root class adds the terminationsdirectly to the root (in the subjunctive and optative withthe intervening modal suffix). The radical vowel in thestrong forms is accented - and takes Guna if possible (125, 1) ;^The weak form in some instances assumed by the root points tothe ya having originally been accented (cp. 133 B 1).2Except in the augmented (128 c) imperfect singularaugment is invariably accented.because the