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127] FOEMATION OF PKESENT STEM 121e. g.from i go : sing. 1. 6-nii, 6-si, 6-ti ;dvis hate :dv^s-mi,dv6k-si, dv6s-ti.2. The third or reduplicating class acids the terminationsdirectly to the reduplicated root, which in the strong formstakes Guna if possible. Contrary to analogy, the accent isnot, in the majority of verbs belonging to this class, on theroot in the strong forms, but on the reduplicative syllable(which is also accented in the 3. pi. act. and mid.).^ Thushxi sacrifice:Sing. 1. ju-ho-mi, pi. l.ju-hu-mas; bhr &car:Sing. 1. bi-bhar-mi, pi. 1. bibhr-mas, 3. bi-bhr-ati.^3. The seventh or infixing nasal class adds the terminationsdirectly to the final consonant,before which na isinserted in the strong and n in the weak forms ; e. g. yujjoin :yu-na-j-mi. yu.nj-mas.4. The fifth or nu class adds in the strong forms theaccented syllable no, which in the weak forms is reducedto nu ;e. g.kr mahe :kr-no-mi, krn-mas.^a. Four roots ending in n liave the appearance of being formed witha sutfix u, but this is probably due to the an. of the root being reducedto the sonant nasal ;thus from tan stretch ta-nu (for tn-nu). In thetenth Mandala of the RV. the anomalous weak stem kur-u appearsthree times (beside the normal kr-nu) and the strong stem karo inthe AV. These stems gave rise to the eighth or u class of Sanskritgrammar.5. The ninth or na class adds to the root in the strongforms the accented syllable na, which in the weak forms isreduced to ni before consonants and n before vowels. Theroot shows a tendency to be weakened. Thus grabh seize:grbh-na-mi, pi. 1. grbh-ni-masi and grbh-ni-mas, 3. grbhn-anti.*It is doubtless as a result of this accentuation that these verbslose the n of the endings in these two forms :bibhr-ati, bibhr-ate.2The intensives conjugated in the active (172) follow thisclass.3The u isdropped before the m of the 1. pi. ind. act. and mid.