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703. The inflection of the imperative

4. Present Imperative.

The inflection of the imperative is in general like that in the preceding classes. As regards the 2d sing. act., the rule of the later language is that the ending हि hi is taken whenever the root itself ends in a consonant; otherwise, the tense- (or mode-) stem stands by itself as 2d person (for the earlier usage, see below, 704). An example of inflection is:

active.middle.
s.d.p.s.d.p.
1सुनवानि
sunávāni		सुनवाव
sunávāva		सुनवाम
sunávāma		सुनवै
sunávāi		सुनवावहै
sunávāvahāi		सुनवामहै
sunávāmahāi
2सुनु
sunú		सुनुतम्
sunutám		सुनुत
sunutá		सुनुष्व
sunuṣvá		सुन्वाथाम्
sunvā́thām		सुनुध्वम्
sunudhvám
3सुनोतु
sunótu		सुनुताम्
sunutā́m		सुन्वन्तु
sunvántu		सुनुताम्
sunutā́m		सुन्वाताम्
sunvā́tām		सुन्वताम्
sunvátām

a. From √āp, the 2d sing. act. would be āpnuhí; from √aç açnuhí; from √dhṛṣ, dhṛṣṇuhí; and so on. From √āp, too, would be made āpnuvántu, āpnuvā́thām, āpnuvā́tām, āpnuvátām.