TET?T3S WITH HOOTS ENDING IN TOWEIiS. 



[§ 1G7. 



Optional forms. 



(1) qfcTq(^) paitiai(k), ^'[^'^{^) j)aiticm(Jc) , ^c{■^ paifah\ 



(2) paite, ^■^'^ paWhak, paifhtk. 

 (4<) ^^{^) paitai(k), ^wt"^ 2^^''^^<^'^(^)- 



The 2nd. conjugational forms are, 



(1) q'fcT^f'f paitiainh', (2) paitlmnli, (^) paiftlmnli , 



M^f^ paitainli' . 



For q'cf ^f«Y, TTTcT paut ox ^^f^c\ pavit may be used throughout ; thus 

 ^'^W pdutaJi'n, 'qfai'c['i pmnfaWii, &c. 



The Fresent and Imperfect are regular and do not require comment. 



Past. 



1st P. paulalin^"' 



2nd P. ^TW% paulali y 



3rd P. TT^^f^ jiaulanli' ,^ paulak.'^ 

 Optional forms 



(1) -^1^^ pcidl, ifrf^^ (^) pauUai(k), ■^^{^) paulai(k) , pauli, ^c. 



(2) paule, ^[^" paulai, 'qvw^'^ paul'hak, ^c, 

 (■1) '^'^{^ pauVkai(k) , ^\v{wt{'^) paurkau(k). 



In older Maithili poetry we sometimes find j:>ai7 instead of ifr^ 

 but this never occurs nowadays : tlms ^'^'i pailaJi'n, &c. The verb '^ri^ 

 ael, "to come," liowever, still makes its 3rd P. Non-Hon. ^T'J^ ai5Z instead 

 of ^IWl^jr ddl. 



Peefect. 



i^^" ift paule chM. or ^'[^■^^^ ijaulalth achh\ 



PiTJPEEFECT. 



tfi^'' paule chhalalt n 



Note. It is important to note the conjugation of xrrc[^^ae5 carefully ; 

 as it is the model of a large class of verbs, principally actives and causals. 



The explanation of the seeming irregularities in the conjugation of xfTI? 

 pdeh is this. As explained in § 1G6, the letter ^ v {ov^b) may be inserted 

 after the final vowel of the root, before all vowel terminations. In the case of 

 ■qij^a this is generally done, and hence we get a root m^pdv which forms the 

 real conjugational base. The rules in § 118 for the shortening of the long 



