I. The s-future.
932. The tense-sign of this future is the syllable स्य syá, added to the root either directly or by an auxiliary vowel इ i (in the latter case becoming इष्य iṣyá). The root has the guṇa-strengthening. Thus, from √दा dā give is formed the future tense-stem दास्य dāsyá; from √इ i go, the stem एष्य eṣyá; from √दुह् duh milk, the stem धोक्ष्य dhokṣyá; from √भू bhū be, the stem भविष्य bhaviṣyá; from √ऋध् ṛdh thrive, the stem अर्धिष्य ardhiṣyá; and so on.
a. But from √jīv live the stem is jīviṣyá, from √ukṣ sprinkle it is ukṣiṣyá, and so on (240).
b. There are hardly any Vedic cases of resolution of the tense-sign sya into sia; RV. has kṣeṣiántas once.
933. This tense-stem is then inflected precisely like a present-stem ending in अ a (second general conjugation: 733 a). We may take as models of inflection the future of √दा dā give, and that of √कृ kṛ make. Thus:
| active. | middle. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | p. | s. | d. | p. | |
| 1 | दास्यामि dāsyā́mi |
दास्यावस् dāsyā́vas |
दास्यामस् dāsyā́mas |
दास्ये dāsyé |
दास्यावहे dāsyā́vahe |
दास्यामहे dāsyā́mahe |
| 2 | दास्यसि dāsyási |
दास्यथस् dāsyáthas |
दास्यथ dāsyátha |
दास्यसे dāsyáse |
दास्येथे dāsyéthe |
दास्यध्वे dāsyádhve |
| 3 | दास्यति dāsyáti |
दास्यतस् dāsyátas |
दास्यन्ति dāsyánti |
दास्यते dāsyáte |
दास्येते dāsyéte |
दास्यन्ते dāsyánte |
| 1 | करिष्यामि kariṣyā́mi |
करिष्यावस् kariṣyā́vas |
करिष्यामस् kariṣyā́mas |
करिष्ये kariṣyé |
करिष्यावहे kariṣyā́vahe |
करिष्यामहे kariṣyā́mahe |
| etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | etc. | |
a. In the epics are found occasional cases of 1st du. and pl. in va and ma: e. g. raṁsyāva (R.), bhakṣayiṣyāva (causative: MBh.); eṣyāma (MBh.), vatsyāma (R.).
934. With regard to the use or non-use of the auxiliary vowel i before the sibilant, there is a degree of general accordance between this tense and the other future and the desiderative; but it is by no means absolute, nor are any definite rules to be laid down with regard to it (and so much the less, because of the infrequency of the two latter formations in actual use): between this and the aorist (s-
