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 first persons (borrowed subjunctives), and in the 3d sing. act.: thus, (in the older language) etc.,  etc.

654. Vedic irregularities of inflection are: 1. the occasional use of strong forms in 2d persons: thus, (beside );  (beside );  and  and  (see below, 668),  and  and  (666); 2. the use of instead of  after a vowel (only in the two instances just quoted); 3. the ending in 2d pl. act.: namely, besides those just given, in : the cases are proportionally much more numerous in this than in any other class; 4. the ending in 2d sing. act., in.

655. As elsewhere, the active participle-stem may be made mechanically from the 3d pl. indic. by dropping इ : thus, जुह्वत्, बिभ्रत्. In inflection, it has no distinction of strong and weak forms (444). The feminine stem ends in अती. The middle participles are regularly made: thus, जुह्वान,  बिभ्राण.

a. RV. shows an irregular accent in (√ drink).

656. As already pointed out, the 3d pl. act. of this class takes the ending उस्, and a final radical vowel has before it. The strong forms are, as in present indicative, the three singular active persons.

657. Examples of inflection: