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 l. Of the roots in ऋ in general, the first persons are made as follows:

m. We may further add here, finally, the active inflection (the middle is not in use) of the perfect of be, which (like  and, given above) is frequently employed as an auxiliary.

801. A few miscellaneous irregularities call still for notice:

a. The root speak occurs only in the perfect indicative, and only in the 3d persons of all numbers and in the 2d sing. and du., in active (and in 2d sing. the is irregularly changed to  before the ending): thus,  (in V., only  and  are met with).

b. From √ weave, the 3d pl. act. occurs in RV., and no other perfect form appears to have been met with in use. It is allowed by the grammarians to be inflected regularly as ; and also as (the present-stem is : 761 f), with contraction of  to  in weak forms; and further, in the weak forms, as simple.

c. The root envelop has in RV. the perfect-forms and, and no others have been met with in use; the grammarians require the strong forms to be made from , and the weak from.

d. The root go forms in RV. and AV. the 2d sing. act. beside the regular ; and beside from √, RV. has several times.

e. RV. has an anomalous accent in and  (beside ) and the pple. And (once, beside ) is perhaps a kindred anomaly.

f. Persons of the perfect from the -forms of roots in changeable (242) are  and  (both RV.); and they have corresponding participles.

g. The bastard root (713) is said by the grammarians to make the perfect-stem ; the roots  and  are said to insert a nasal in the 2d sing. active, when the ending is simple : thus, (also  and ).

h. Further may be noted (MBh.: √, which has in passive the secondary form ),  (R.), and  (BhP).

i. The anomalous (AB. vi. 35) seems a formation on the perfect-stem (but perhaps for, desid.?).