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'In Latin and Greek the distinction was lost by normalization :83-85] CHANGEABLE STEMS 61Sing. N. caksus. A. caksus ;m. caksus-am. I. caksus-a.D. caksus-e. Ab.G. caksus-as. L. caksus-i.Du. N. A. caksus-i ;m. caksus-a. D. caksur-bhyana.PI. N.A. caksums-i ;m. caksus-as. I. caksur-bhis.D. caksur-bhyas. G. caksus-am.I. B. Changeable Stems.84. Kegular changeable stems are found only amongderivative nouns formed with suffixes ending in the dentalst, n, s, or the palatal c. Those in t are formed with thesuffixes -ant, -mant, -vant ;those in n with -an,-man, -van, and -in, -min, -vin ;those in s with -yamsand -vams ;those in c with -anc (properly a root meaningto hencl). The stems in -ant (85-86), -in (87), -yams (88)have two forms, strong and weak ;those in -an (90-92),-vams (89), and -anc (93) have three, strong, middle, andweakest (73).Nouns with Two Stems.85. Stems in -ant comprise present,^ future, and aoristparticiples (156) active (m. and n.).- The strong stem is in-ant, the weak in -at'*; e.g. ad-ant and ad-at ea^m^ fromad eat. These participles are inflected in the m. and n.only, the f. having a special stem in i.- The n. inflexiondiffers from the m. in the N.V.A. s. du. pi. only. Theaccent, if resting on the suffix, shifts in weak cases to theendings that begin with vowels.'Excepting those of the reduplicating verbs and a few others thatfollow their analogy (85 h).-On the formation of the f. stems see 95.G. edentis, idovTo^.