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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 · Present · Parasmaipada
PersonsSingularDualPlural
3rd person
tanoti · तनोति Model form
he / she / it stretches
tanutaḥ · तनुतः Model form
they both stretch
tanvanti · तन्वन्ति Model form
they stretch
2nd person
tanoṣi · तनोषि Model form
you stretch
tanuthaḥ · तनुथः Model form
you both stretch
tanutha · तनुथ Model form
you stretch
1st person
tanomi · तनोमि Model form
I stretch
tanvaḥ · तन्वः Model form
we both stretch
tanmaḥ · तन्मः Model form
we 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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