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 * 3 || सुनोति || सुनुतस्  ||  सुन्वन्ति  ||  सुनुते  ||  सुन्वाते  ||  सुन्वते
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a. The forms are alternative with those given here for 1st du. and pl., and in practice are more common. From √, however (for example), only the forms with can occur: thus, ; and also only.

B. -class; root तन् stretch: strong form of stem, तनो ; weak, तनु.

b. The inflection is so precisely like that given above that it is not worth writing out in full. The abbreviated forms in 1st du. and pl. are presented here, instead of the fuller, which rarely occur (as no double consonant ever precedes).

699. a. In the older language, no strong 2d persons du. or pl., and no -endings, chance to occur (but they are numerous in the impv. and impf.: see below). The RV. has several cases of the irregular accent in 3d pl. mid.: thus,.

b. In RV. occur also several 3d pl. mid. in from present-stems of this class: thus,. Of these, and  might be perfects without reduplication from the secondary roots  and  (below, 716). The 2d sing. mid. (with passive value) (RV.) is of anomalous and questionable character.

700. The subjunctive mode-stem is made in the usual manner, by adding to the gunated and accented class-sign: thus,. In the following scheme are given all the forms of which examples have been met with in actual use in the older language from either division of the class; some of them are quite numerously represented there.