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 1218. आय्य. With this suffix are made gerundival adjectives, almost only in RV. They have been noticed above (966 c). The ending is everywhere to be read as.

a. A few adjectives without gerundival value, and neuter abstracts, also occur: thus, protecting many,  men-guarding;, and , proper names;  first drink,  enjoyment; — and  nervous, and  summit, contain no verbal root. is doubtful; also, which its accent refers to a different formation, along with (AV.: √) messenger, and  (AV.), of doubtful value.

1219. आयन. In the Brāhmaṇas and later, patronymics made by this suffix are not rare. They come from stems in अ, and have -strengthening of the first syllable, and accent on the final.

a. In RV., the only example of this formation is (voc.: ); AV. has in metrical parts and the fem. ; and  son of so-and-so (516) in its prose; ÇB. has beside -. The RV. name is of a different make, elsewhere unknown.

1220. आयी. Only a very few words are made with this suffix, namely  Agni's wife,  wife of Vrishā́kapi; and later, and  Manu's wife (but  ÇB.).

a. They seem to be feminines of a derivative in made with -increment of the final  of the primitive.

1221. इ. Derivatives made with this suffix are patronymics from nouns in. The accent rests on the initial syllable, which has the -strengthening.

a. In RV. are found half-a-dozen patronymics in : for example, ; AV. has but one, ; in the Brāhmaṇas they are more common: thus, in AB.,, etc. A single word of other value — charioteer  — is found from RV. down.

b. The words made with the so-called suffix — as  descendant of Vyāsa — are doubtless properly derivatives in  from others in  or. That the secondary suffix is probably made by addition of  to a derivative in  is pointed out below (1222 j).

c. RV. has, apparently from with a secondary  added, and the n. pr. ; is found in B., and  later.

1222. क. This is doubtless originally one of the class of suffixes forming adjectives of appurtenance. And