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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.

stretch

tan · Class 8 · Optative · Parasmaipada
PersonsSingularDualPlural
3rd person
tanuyāt · तनुयात् Model form
he / she / it would stretch
tanuyātām · तनुयाताम् Model form
they both would stretch
tanuyuḥ · तनुयुः Model form
they would stretch
2nd person
tanuyāḥ · तनुयाः Model form
you would stretch
tanuyātam · तनुयातम् Model form
you both would stretch
tanuyāta · तनुयात Model form
you would stretch
1st person
tanuyām · तनुयाम् Model form
I would stretch
tanuyāva · तनुयाव Model form
we both would stretch
tanuyāma · तनुयाम Model form
we would stretch

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), § 697–706

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