Grammar Of Apabhramsa

Author(s): Madhusudan Mishra
Publisher: Vidyanidhi Prakashan

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Conjugation
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(a) There is hyper-Sanskritisation of this construction in the Purāņic and Buddhist texts written during this period : TETT 7 orfa=#retra, etc.
92. The passive construction like this mark the beginning of Hindi.
Causals
93. The older forms of the causals are just recastings of the Sanskrit forms on Prakrit pattern : संमानय>संमाणे- (show respect), 2014>2501- (desert), #TCU> HTT- (kill), etc.
94. But the typical Apbh casual bases are formed by -āva : नच्चाव- (cause to dance), हराव- (cause to take away), देवखाव(show), etc. 95. The examples of the forms are :
Pr. 3.777793 naccāva-i forafg naccāva-hĩ, etc.
Past : ArfF3 (killed), alfa (caused to be done), etc. 96. Towards the beginning of Hindi, -āva- was further reduced to -ā.
Denominatives
97. Any word ending in a -could be used as verb with aor e. base : fate> tikkbe-i (makes sharp), 377> karāla i (hardens), etc.
98. In some cases, the word ending in a- turns into I, and then it is led by the verb ho- (be) : Too (powder)> qutats (is crushed to pieces), 1837 (small) 5 E39 (was shortened), etc.
Participles
99. The participles are the most interesting elements in Apbh. Instead of getting out of use like others, they had begun to assume additional offices in the language.