Arddhmagdhi Grammar

Author(s): P L Vaidya
Publisher: Modern Book Depot

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A MANUAL OF
75. The ordinals in Amg. are, TH, THE, first; fagat, ata, gre, second; 754, 57, third; 73727, fourth; " , fifth; 7, sixth; the remaining ordinals are formed by adding #, to the cardinal. The feminine 'base of these ordinals is formed by adding आ, to पढम, दोच्च, तच्च, and by adding to the remaining.
76. The fraction half of a number is formed by prefixing or suffixing 378 or 37, to the next cardinal. Note : fag, forg, 11; 365, 23; 365, 37; 34643#, 44: etc. The remaining are formed by prefixing are or she.
77. The multiplicatives are generally formed by adding खुत्तो to the number. But note: सई, once; दुक्खुत्तो, दोच्चं, twice; तिक्खुत्तो, तञ्चं, thrice. The rest are formed by adding Ga only.
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• CONJUGATION 78. The conjugation of verbs in Amg., as in other Prakrits, is not so complicated as it is in Sanskrit. There are at the most three classes of roots, viz., those that are conjugated like gre, (Sk. ET-434 ); those that are conjugated like aft, ( Sk. $ ); and those ending in vowels other than 37 or 5, e. g., roots like GT, FI, E, etc. There are a few verbal forms, such as gastr, 34at, etc. derived from Sanskrit by analogy, but it should be remembered that they are quite exceptional.
79. The roots are conjugated in two voices, active and passive; in three tenses, present, past and future; and in three moods, imperative, potential and conditional. They are further conjugated in three persons, first, second and third; and in two numbers, singular and plural. All roots normally take the Parasmaipada only, but we