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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.

bind

nah · Class 4 · Present · Parasmaipada
PersonsSingularDualPlural
3rd person
nahyati · नह्यति Model form
he / she / it binds
nahyataḥ · नह्यतः Model form
they both bind
nahyanti · नह्यन्ति Model form
they bind
2nd person
nahyasi · नह्यसि Model form
you bind
nahyathaḥ · नह्यथः Model form
you both bind
nahyatha · नह्यथ Model form
you bind
1st person
nahyāmi · नह्यामि Model form
I bind
nahyāvaḥ · नह्यावः Model form
we both bind
nahyāmaḥ · नह्यामः Model form
we bind

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), § 759–760

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