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194 CONJUGATION[i67always ends in a consonant (except dha, mi, tr) ;e. g.sam-idh-am to Jcindle, sam-preii-ani to asJc, a-rabh-am toreach, a-riih-am to mount, siibh-am to shine ; pra-tir-amto ])rolongneglect (\/mi).[Vtv], prati-dha-m to x^lace upon, pra-miy-am to1). The second foi-m which is made from stems in tu(= Lat. supine) is much less common than the datives fromthe same stems. Only five examples occur in the EV. andabout as many others in the AV. EV. : 6 -turn to; weave, datumto give (Lat. da-turn), pras-tum to ask, pra-bhar-tumto present, anu-pra-volhum to advance ;AV. : at-tum to eat,kar-tum to maJce, dras-tum to see, yac-i-tum to as7i,spardh-i-tum to contend with ; K., VS. : khan-i-tum to dig.a. The aec. inf. has become nearly twice as frequent as the dat. in B.The form in am is not imusual, while that in turn is quite common.3. Ablative- Genitive Infinitive.This infinitive is rare, fewer than twenty examples occurringin the Samhitas. It is rather of the nature of a verbalnoun than a genuine infinitive. Like the ace. infinitive itis formed in two :ways from a radical (consonant) stem andfrom a verbal noun in tu. It thus ends either in as or tos ;and as each of these endings represents both the abl. andthe gen., the cases can only be distinguished syntactically.a. The as form has the abl. sense almost exclusively.There are six examples of it in the EV. : a-trd-as heingpierced, ava-pad-as falling doivn, sam-prc-as coming in contact,abhi-sris-as binding, abhi-svas-as hlotving, ati-skad-asleaping across. There seems to be one certain example ofthe gen.: ni-mis-as to wink.h. Of the tos form the EV. has six examplesin the abl.sense : 6-tos and gan-tos going, jan-i-tos being horn,ni-dha-tos putting doivn, sar-i-tos heing shattered, s6-tos'pressing, han-tos heing struck. Three examples in the gen.sense are : kar-tos doing, da-tos giving, jd-tos ivarding ojf.a. The abl. gen.inf. has become as common as the dat. in B.