| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | क्रीणामि krīṇā́mi |
क्रीणीवस् krīṇīvás |
क्रीणीमस् krīṇīmás |
क्रीणे krīṇé |
क्रीणीवहे krīṇīváhe |
क्रीणीमहे krīṇīmáhe |
| 2 | क्रीणासि krīṇā́si |
क्रीणीथस् krīṇīthás |
क्रीणीथ krīṇīthá |
क्रीणीषे krīṇīṣé |
क्रीणाथे krīṇā́the |
क्रीणीध्वे krīṇīdhvé |
| 3 | क्रीणाति krīṇā́ti |
क्रीणीतस् krīṇītás |
क्रीणन्ति krīṇánti |
क्रीणीते krīṇīté |
क्रीणाते krīṇā́te |
क्रीणाते[errata 1] krīṇáte |
719. In the Veda, the 3d sing. mid. has the same form with the 1st in gṛṇé; the peculiar accent of 3d pl. mid. is seen in punaté and riṇaté; and vṛṇīmahé (beside vṛṇīmáhe) occurs once in RV.
2. Present Subjunctive.
720. The subjunctive forms which have been found exemplified in Veda and Brāhmaṇa are given below. The subjunctive mode-stem is, of course, indistinguishable in form from the strong tense-stem. And the 2d and 3d sing. act. (with secondary endings) are indistinguishable from augmentless imperfects.
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | krīṇāni | krīṇā́ma | krīṇāí | krīṇāvahāi | krīṇāmahāi | |
| 2 | krīṇā́s | krīṇātha | krīṇāsāi | |||
| 3 | krīṇā́t | krīṇā́n | krīṇātāi | krīṇāntāi | ||
3. Present Optative.
721. This mode is formed and inflected with entire regularity; owing to the fusion of tense-sign and mode-sign in the middle, some of its persons are indistinguishable from augmentless imperfects. Its first persons are as follows:
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | क्रीणीयाम् krīṇīyā́m |
क्रीणीयाव krīṇīyā́va |
क्रीणीयाम krīṇīyā́ma |
क्रीणीय krīṇīyá |
क्रीणीवहि krīṇīváhi |
क्रीणीमहि krīṇīmáhi |
| etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | |
4. Present Imperative.
722. The ending in 2d sing. act., as being always preceded by a vowel, is हि hi (never धि dhi); and there are no examples of an omission of it. But this person is forbidden
