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142 CONJUGATION [134beginning with consonants ;a-stav-am.^e, g. stau-mi, a-stau-t, buth. mrj ivipe takes Vrddhi in the strong forms : marj-mi,mars-ti, but mrj-mas, mrj-anti.c. si lie mid. takes Guna and accents the radical syllablethroughout its weak forms e. s. : g.1. 3. say-e, 2. s6-se{KH-a-ai). It has the additional irregularity of inserting rbefore the endings in the 3. pi. pr., impv., impf. : s6-r-ate,s6-r-atam, a-se-r-an.a. i go, bru siKak, stu j^raise,han slaij before the ending of the 2. pi.impv. act. have the alternative forms 6-ta and 6-tana, bravi-tana,st6-ta,hdn-tana. Bru has the same irregularity in the 2. pi. impf. abravi-taand ^bravi-tana.2. The root is irregularly weakened in the followingverbs :a. vas desire takes Samprasarana in the weak forms :1. pi. us-masi, part, us-ana, but 1. s. vas-mi.h. as be drops its initial a in the optative and all the weakforms of the pr. and impv. e. ; g. opt. s-yat would be ;pr. s-mas we are, s-anti (Lat. sunt) they are ; impv. du. 2.s-tam, pi. 2. s-ta, 3. s-antu. The 2. s. impv. preserves thevowel (in an altered form) in e-dhi (for az-dhi, Av. zdi).In the impf. it inserts i before the endings of the 2. 3. s, :as-i-s, as-i-t (beside as — as-t).c. han slay in weak forms loses its n before terminationsbeginning with consonants (except m, y, v), as ha-tha, buthan-ti. In the 3. pi. pr., impv., impf., and part., the a issyncopated and h reverts to the original guttural gh:ghn-anti, ghn-antu, a-ghn-an ; ghn-ant. The 2. s.impv.is ja-hi (for jha-hi), with palatalizedinitial instead ofgha-hi.1In B. ru cry, su impel, sku tear, snu distil liave the same peculiarity:rau-ti, sau-ti, skaii-ti, snau-ti.