/3. Pres. stem, mr-e.
Singular.
Plural.
Pres. i mr-u mf-e-me
2. mř-e-í
mf-e-te
3. mr-e
mr-ou.
Imp. 1. - mf-e-me.
2. mr-i
mf-e-te
3. mr-i
mf-e-te.
Pres. part. act. mr-a.
To this group belong the verbs mliti, to grind, melu; Irili, to rub, tru, &c.
(7) Stems which end in a vowel, biti, to strike.
a. Inf. stem, it. Inf. bi-li. Past part. act. I. bi-v. Past part, act. II. bi-l. Past part. pass. bi-t.
|3. Pres. stem, bi-j-e.
Singular. Plural.
Pres. 1. bi-j-i bi-j-e-me
2. bi-j-es bi-j-e-te
3. bi-j-e bi-j-i. Imp. 1. - bi-me
2. M bi-te
3. fo" čř-Zř.
Pres. part. act. bij-e.
Some verbs of this conjugation take also a form in tn, as znam. Verbs of this conjugation are—piti, to drink, piji; Mti, to live, žiji; pěli, to sing, pěji; kryti, to cover, kryji; myti, to wash, myji; and slouti, to have the reputation, to be called, sluji (cf. Greek kKwiv). Besides sluji we sometimes get in the present slovul.
So also plouli, to swim; pres. pluj; perf. plul and sem ;
1 This illustrates such a form as jkhbj" as present of verb skhti., to live.
