As examples of inflection we may take prā́ñc forward, east, pratyáñc opposite, west, víṣvañc going apart. Singular: |
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N. V. | prā́n̄ prā́k | pratyán̄ pratyák | víṣvan̄ víṣvak |
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A. | prā́ñcam prā́k | pratyáñcam pratyák | víṣvañcam víṣvak |
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I. | prā́cā | pratīcā́ | víṣūcā |
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D. | prā́ce | pratīcé | víṣūce |
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Ab. G. | prā́cas | pratīcás | víṣūcas |
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L. | prā́ci | pratīcí | víṣūci |
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Dual: |
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N. A. V. | prā́ñcāu prā́cī | pratyáñcāu pratīcī́ | víṣvañcāu víṣūcī |
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I. D. Ab. | prā́gbhyām | pratyágbhyām | víṣvagbhyām |
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G. L. | prā́cos | pratīcós | víṣūcos |
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Plural |
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N. V. | prā́ñcas prā́ñci | pratyáñcas pratyáñci | víṣvañcas víṣvañci |
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A. | prā́cas prā́ñci | pratīcás pratyáñci | víṣūcas víṣvañci |
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I. | prā́gbhis | pratyágbhis | víṣvagbhis |
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D. Ab. | prā́gbhyas | pratyágbhyas | víṣvagbhyas |
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G. | prā́cām | pratīcā́m | víṣūcām |
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L. | prā́kṣu | pratyákṣu | víṣvakṣu |
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a. The feminine stems are prā́cī, practīcī́, víṣūcī, respectively. b. No example of the middle forms excepting the nom. etc. sing. neut. (and this generally used as adverb) is found either in RV. or AV. In the same texts is lacking the nom. etc. pl. neut. in ñci; but of this a number of examples occur in the Brāhmaṇas: thus, prā́ñci, pratyáñci, arvāñci, samyáñci, sadhryañci, anvañci.
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