620. Imperfect tense adds

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6. Imperfect.

This tense adds the secondary endings to the root as increased by prefixion of the augment. The root has the guṇa-strengthening (if capable of it) in the three persons of the singular active, although the accent is always upon the augment. Examples of inflection are:

a. From the roots इ i and आस् ās:

	s.	d.	p.	s.	d.	p.
	active.			middle.
1	आयम् `ā́yam`	ऐव `āíva`	ऐम `āíma`	आसि `ā́si`	आस्वहि `ā́svahi`	आस्महि `ā́smahi`
2	ऐस् `āís`	ऐतम् `āítam`	ऐत `āíta`	आस्थास् `ā́sthās`	आसाथाम् `ā́sāthām`	आद्ध्वम् `ā́ddhvam`
3	ऐत् `āít`	ऐताम् `āítām`	आयन् `ā́yan`	आस्त `ā́sta`	आसाताम् `ā́sātām`	आसत `ā́sata`

b. From the roots dviṣ and duh and lih:

1	`ádveṣam`	`ádviṣva`	`ádviṣma`	`ádviṣi`	`ádviṣvahi`	`ádviṣmahi`
2	`ádveṭ`	`ádviṣṭam`	`ádviṣṭa`	`ádviṣṭhās`	`ádviṣāthām`	`ádviḍḍhvam`
3	`ádveṭ`	`ádviṣṭām`	`ádviṣan`	`ádviṣṭa`	`ádviṣātām`	`ádviṣata`

1	`ádoham`	`áduhva`	`áduhma`	`áduhi`	`áduhvahi`	`áduhmahi`
2	`ádhok`	`ádugdham`	`ádugdha`	`ádugdhās`	`áduhāthām`	`ádhugdhvam`
3	`ádhok`	`ádugdhām`	`áduhan`	`ádugdha`	`áduhātām`	`áduhata`

1	`áleham`	`álihva`	`álihma`	`álihi`	`álihvahi`	`álihmahi`
2	`áleṭ`	`álīḍham`	`álīḍha`	`álīḍhās`	`álihāthām`	`álīḍhvam`
3	`áleṭ`	`álīḍhām`	`álihan`	`álīḍha`	`álihātām`	`álihata`

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