first persons (borrowed subjunctives), and in the 3d sing. act.: thus, (in the older language) bíbharāṇi etc., bíbhartu, bíbharāi etc.
654. Vedic irregularities of inflection are: 1. the occasional use of strong forms in 2d persons: thus, yuyodhí, çiçādhi (beside çiçīhí); yuyotam (beside yuyutám); íyarta, dádāta and dadātana, dádhāta and dádhātana (see below, 668), pipartana, juhóta and juhótana, yuyota and yuyotana; rarāsva (666); 2. the use of dhi instead of hi after a vowel (only in the two instances just quoted); 3. the ending tana in 2d pl. act.: namely, besides those just given, in jigātana, dhattana, mamáttana, vivaktana, didiṣṭana, bibhītana, jujuṣṭana, juhutana, vavṛttana: the cases are proportionally much more numerous in this than in any other class; 4. the ending tāt in 2d sing. act., in dattāt, dhattā́t, pipṛtāt, jahītāt.
5. Present Participle.
655. As elsewhere, the active participle-stem may be made mechanically from the 3d pl. indic. by dropping इ i: thus, जुह्वत् júhvat, बिभ्रत् bíbhrat. In inflection, it has no distinction of strong and weak forms (444). The feminine stem ends in अती atī. The middle participles are regularly made: thus, जुह्वान júhvāna, बिभ्राण bíbhrāṇa.
a. RV. shows an irregular accent in pipāná (√pā drink).
6. Imperfect.
656. As already pointed out, the 3d pl. act. of this class takes the ending उस् us, and a final radical vowel has guṇa before it. The strong forms are, as in present indicative, the three singular active persons.
657. Examples of inflection:
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | अजुहवम् ájuhavam |
अजुहुव ájuhuva |
अजुहुम ájuhuma |
अजुह्वि ájuhvi |
अजुहुवहि ájuhuvahi |
अजुहुमहि ájuhumahi |
| 2 | अजुहोस् ájuhos |
अजुहुतम् ájuhutam |
अजुहुत ájuhuta |
अजुहुथास् ájuhuthās |
अजुह्वाथाम् ájuhvāthām |
अजुहुध्वम् ájuhudhvam |
| 3 | अजुहोत् ájuhot |
अजुहुताम् ájuhutām |
अजुहवुस् ájuhavus |
अजुहुत ájuhuta |
अजुह्वाताम् ájuhvātām |
अजुह्वत ájuhvata |
