Grammar Chapter 33 Desideratives Flashcards
Desiderative of √युध्
‘he wants to fight’
युयुत्सते
If the root contains u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -u-.
If the basic verb is typically middle, the desiderative is likely to be middle, too.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(IV युध्यते)
Desiderative of √भू
‘he wants to be’
बुभूषति
If the root contains u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -u-.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(I भवति)
Desiderative of √पा
‘he wants to drink’
पिपासति
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
(I पिबति, पिबते)
Desiderative of √भृ
‘he wants to carry’
बिभरिषति
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots often appear in guṇa before -iṣa-.
(I भरति)
Desiderative of √दृश्
‘he wants to see’
दिदृक्षति
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(IV पश्यति)
Desiderative of √हन्
‘he wants to kill’
जिघांसति
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots may be found in vṛddhi before -iṣa-.
(II हन्ति)
Desiderative of √श्रु
‘he wants to hear’
शुश्रूषति
If the root contains u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -u-.
Roots ending in a short vowel may lengthen this final vowel.
(V शृणोति)
Desiderative of √कृ
‘he wants to do’
चिकीर्षति
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Before -sa-, root-final ṛ turns into īr.
(VII करोति)
Desiderative of √आप्
‘he wants (to get)’
ईप्सति
This is one of three relatively frequent forms whose desiderative stem cannot easily be inferred.
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(V आप्नोति)
Desiderative of √दा
‘he wants to give’
दित्सति
This is one of three relatively frequent forms whose desiderative stem cannot easily be inferred.
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(III ददाति)
Desiderative of √धा
‘he wants to put’
धित्सति
This is one of three relatively frequent forms whose desiderative stem cannot easily be inferred.
If the root contains any vowel other than u/ū, the reduplicative vowel is -i-.
Roots usually appear in zero grade before -sa-.
(III दधाति)
Desiderative adjective of √युध्
‘desiring to fight’
युयुत्सु-
Desiderative adjective of √कृ
‘desiring/willing to do/act’
चिकीर्षु-
‘Āditya (the Sun) came … wanting to see the world’
आदित्य आगच्छत् … लोकं दिदृक्षुः
ईप्सा- (f.)
‘desire/wish to obtain s.th.’
desiderative noun of of √आप् ‘to reach, obtain, get’
