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Sasă/Sasa = Nominative Case Singular Number (ā-ending Feminine) In the Nominative Singular a-ending Feminine Noun, Sasă, 'zero' and zero-short (-a) suffixes are used All the above sentences are in the Active Voice. In the Active Voice, the Subject (Person, thing etc) is in the Nominative Case. All the above-mentioned Verbs are intransitive. The Verbal form used with the above-mentioned Nouns is of the Third Person Singular Number. With the Noun in the Active Voice, the Verb used is of the 'Third Person Pronoun'. Here the Noun is Singular, therefore, the Verb is also of the Singular Number.
Apabhraṁsa Grammar and Composition
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