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Lesson 77
Causative Suffixes (A) Causative Suffixes of Simple Verbs
a, ava
Verbs
Suffixes
ava
Hasa - To laugh
Hasa+āva = Hasava (To cause to laugh)
Bhida - To clash
Bhida+åva - Bhidáva (To cause to clash)
Lukka = To hide
Lukka+āva- Lukkáva (To cause to hide)
Hasa+a - Hása (To casue to laugh) ('a' which is adjacent to the final syllable is changed into 'a'.) Bhida+a = Bheda (To cause to clash) ('i' which is adjacent to the final syllable is changed into 'e'.) Lukka+a = Lokka (To cause to hide) ('u' which is adjacent to the final syllable is changed into 'o'.) Rusa+a - Rūsa (To cause to sulk) (There is no change in the long vowel 'ü' which is adjacent to the final syllable.) Jiva+a : Jiva (To cause to live ) (There is no change in the long vowel 'i' which is adjacent to the final syllable.)
Rusa = To sulk
Rüsa+ava - Rusava
(To cause to suik)
Jiva = To live
Jiva+āva = Jivava (To cause to live)
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