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I3y-i40j lEREGULAEITIES OF THE PERFECT 155su briny forth liasthe same peculiarities'insa-su-v-a,the only perfect form of this root occurring.8. cyu stir reduplicates ci-cyu (beside cu-cyu) and dyutshim similarly di-dyut. This was due to the vocalicpronunciation of the y :ciu, diut.9. The reduplicative vowel is lengthenedin more thanthirty perfect stems ; e. g. kan be pleased : ca-kan ; gr tvake :ja-gr; kip he adapted: ca-klp ;dhi thinJc: di-dhi ;tu bestrong: tu-tu; su sicell: su-su.-'a. Ill the Mantra portion of the Samhitas there once occurs a periphrasticperfect form with the reduplicated perfect of kr make governingthe ace. of a fern, substantive in a derived from a secondary(causative) verbal stem. This form is gamayani cakara (AV.) hecaused to go (lit. wutrfe a causing to go). In the Brahmana parts of thelater iSamhitas (TS., MS., K.) such i:)eriphrastic forms are occasionallymet with, and they become more frequent in the regular Brahnianas.Moods of thePerfect.140. Modal forms of the perfect are of rare occurrence inthe Sainhitas except the RV.1. The subjunctive is normally foimed by adding a tothe strong perfect stem accented on the radical syllable.In the active the secondary endings are the more usual ;when the primary endings are used the reduplicative syllableis in several forms accented.^ In about a dozen forms theweak stem is used. Middle forms, of which only seven or1The root si lie also redujjlicates w^ith a in the part, sa-say-anfi.These three, bhvi, sii, si, are the only roots with an i or u vowel thatreduplicate with a.^Here the radical vowel itself is shortened. The quantitative formof the stem is subject to the rule that itmay not contain two prosodicallyshort vowels (except in the 1. s. act.). Hence sah reduplicateseither as sa-sah or sa-sah (in a weak form).^Cp. the accentuation of the reduplicating class in the 2'i'eseiitsystem.