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144 CONJUGATION [134B. Third or Reduplicating Class.1. Roots ending in a dropthe radical vowel beforeterminations beginning with vowels ; e. g. ma measure :1. s. mim-e, 3. pi. mim-ate.a. The a of ma measure, ma helloir, ra give, sa sharpen,ha go away is in weak forms usually changed to i before consonants(cp. 5 c): mimi-te ;rari-thas ;^sisi-masi ; jihi-te.6. da give, dha place, the two commonest verbs in thisclass, use dad and dadh as their stems in all weak forms :dad-mahe, dadh-masi. When the aspiration of dadh islost before t, th, s it is thrown back on the initial :dhat-te,dhat-tha, dhat-sva. The 2. s.impv. act. is de-hi (fordaz-dhi) beside dad-dhi and dat-tat and dhe-hi; (fordhaz-dhi) beside dhat-tat.2. The root vyac takes Samprasarana, e. g. 3. du. pr.vivik-tas ;hvar he crooked makes some forms withSamprasarana and then reduplicates with u :e.g. ju-hur-thas,2. s. inj. mid.3. bhas chew, sac accompany, has laugh syncopate theradical vowel in weak forms ;thus ba-ps-ati 3 pi. ind. pr.(but ba-bhas-a-t 3. s. subj.) sa-sc-ati 3.; pi. ind. pr.,sa-sc-ata 3. pi. inj. ; ja-ks-at (for 3a-gh(a)s-at) pr. part.a. The roots r go,da give, dha put, pr cross, yu separate, sa sharpen, husacrifice have sevei-al forms with a strong vowel in the 2. impv. act. s.yu-yo-dhi, si-sa-dhi (beside si-;§i-hi); du. yu-yo-tam (beside yu-yut&m);pi. i-y-ar-ta, dd.-da-ta and d^-da-tana, dd,-dha-ta and dd,-dhatana,pi-par-tana, yu-yo-ta and yu-yo-tana, ju-ho-ta and ju-ho-tana,da, dha, ha leave, have similar strong forms in the 2. pi. impf. a-da-:da-ta, S-dadha-ta, a-jaha-tana.p.There are numerous transfers from this to other classes. Theroots pa drink, stha stand, han stride form such stems according to thea conjugation exclusively, piba, tistha, jfghna (cp. 133 A. 3 a) while;ghra smell, bhas cliexo, ma helloiv, ra give, sac accowpany occasionally usethe a stems jighra, b^psa, mima, rd.ra, sdsca. The roots da give anddha put also make some forms from their weak stems according to the'But 2. s. imjw. act. rara-sva (AV.).