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Notes on the forms

You learn each pattern through fixed example words. Model forms follow the rules of the cited grammar; attested forms refer to examples given there. Parasmaipada and Ātmanepada are two sets of personal endings. A form’s meaning depends on its context, and the game offers one possible translation. Highlights help you compare forms. In Vedic tables, you practise the filled cells. Links from participles take you to suitable declension tables.

milk

duh · Imperative · Ātmanepada
PersonsSingularDualPlural
3rd person
dugdhām · दुग्धाम् Model form
may he / she / it milk
duhātām · दुहाताम् Model form
may they both milk
duhatām · दुहताम् Model form
may they milk
2nd person
dhukṣva · धुक्ष्व Model form
may you milk
duhāthām · दुहाथाम् Model form
may you both milk
dhugdhvam · धुग्ध्वम् Model form
may you milk
1st person
dohai · दोहै Model form
may I milk
dohāvahai · दोहावहै Model form
may we both milk
dohāmahai · दोहामहै Model form
may we milk

The forms follow Whitney’s formation rules. Compare the highlighted parts to see how each form changes. The translation gives one possible meaning; the sentence provides the context.

Source: William Dwight Whitney: Sanskrit Grammar (1889), § 612 c, 616–621

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