As example of inflection, we may take the root भू bhū be, which is said (no middle aorist or precative from it is quotable) to form its middle on the iṣ-stem. Thus: | active. |
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| 1 | भूयासम्
bhūyā́sam | भूयास्व
bhūyā́sva | भूयास्म
bhūyā́sma | | 2 | भूयास्
bhūyā́s | भूयास्तम्
bhūyā́stam | भूयास्त
bhūyā́sta | | 3 | भूयात्
bhūyā́t | भूयास्ताम्
bhūyā́stām | भूयासुस्
bhūyā́sus | | middle. |
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| 1 | भविषीय
bhaviṣīyá | भविषीवहि
bhaviṣīváhi | भविषीमहि
bhaviṣīmáhi | | 2 | भविषीष्ठास्
bhaviṣīṣṭhā́s | भविषीयास्थाम्
bhaviṣīyā́sthām | भविषीढ्वम्
bhaviṣīḍhvám | | 3 | भविषीष्ट
bhaviṣīṣṭá | भविषीयास्ताम्
bhaviṣīyā́stām | भविषीरन्
bhaviṣīrán |
a. The forms given by the grammarians as 2d and 3d dual are of very questionable value, as regards the place assigned to the sibilant. Those persons, and the 2d pl., have never been met with in use. For the question respecting the ending of the 2d pl., as dhvam or ḍhvam, see 226 c. | 