Thematic Conjugation (Th)

- general remarks -

^ThS^- will denote the thematic verbstem (^ThS) without the thematic infix (^ThIn).

The thematic verbs can thus be analysed as follows:

^ThS^- ^ThIn^ThE

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^ThS show no gradation and the stems are formed as:

Class	^ThS		^ThS^-
I	^G√ a		^G√	(2)
IV	√ ya		√ y	(3)
VI	√ a		√	(4)
X	√ aya		√ ay	(5)

Below,

S = ^IS ∨ ^IVS ∨^VIS ∨^XS	(6)
S^- = ^IS^- ∨ ^IVS^- ∨^VIS^- ∨^XS^-	(7)

^ThIn = a	(8a)
but before ^m^{∨ v}E: ^ThIn = ā	(8b)

Opt suffix is ī, but as thematic infix a always precedes and a + ī > e, for practical purposes the opt suffix can be regarded as e.

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Note:

Imp/2/Sg/P has no ending

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Main conjugation scheme:

Th		Pr		Impf
	Ind	Imp	Opt
1/sg/P	S^- ā mi	S^- a āni	S^- e yaṃ	a S^- a m
2	S^- a si	S^- a	S^- e ḥ	a S^- a ḥ
3	S^- a ti	S^- a tu	S^- e t	a S^- a t
1/du	S^- ā vaḥ	S^- ā va	S^- e va	a S^- ā va
2	S^- a thaḥ	S^- a tam	S^- e tam	a S^- a tam
3	S^- a taḥ	S^- a tām	S^- e tām	a S^- a tām
1/pl	S^- ā maḥ	S^- ā ma	S^- e ma	a S^- ā ma
2	S^- a tha	S^- a ta	S^- e ta	a S^- a ta
3	S^- a nti	S^- a ntu	S^- e yuḥ	a S^- a n
1/sg/Ā	S^- e	S^- ai	S^- e ya	a S^- e
2	S^- a se	S^- a sva	S^- e thāḥ	a S^- a thāḥ
3	S^- a te	S^- a tām	S^- e ta	a S^- a ta
1/du	S^- ā vahe	S^- ā vahai	S^- e vahi	a S^- ā vahi
2	S^- e the	S^- e thām	S^- e yāthām	a S^- e thām
3	S^- e te	S^- e tām	S^- e yātām	a S^- e tām
1/pl	S^- ā mahe	S^- ā mahai	S^- e mahi	a S^- ā mahi
2	S^- a dhve	S^- a dhvam	S^- e dhvam	a S^- a dhvam
3	S^- a nte	S^- a ntām	S^- e ran	a S^- a nta

Paradigms:

‘lead’

S = naya

‘become’

S = bhava

Class I: unaccented a-class

(bhū-class)

S = ^G√ a

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Paradigm:

‘dance’

S = nṛtya

‘play’

S = dīvya

Class IV: ya-class

(div-class)

(the div root is actually dīv ‘play’)

S = √ ya

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Paradigm:

‘push, thrust’

S = tuda

Class VI: accented á-class

(tud-class)

S = √ a

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Paradigm:

‘relates, tells’

S = kathaya

Class X (no name)

(no name)

S = √ aya

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