deriv LSK ETT STT aSTA ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE
A verb or fakeverb linksto the object when its /sup or /tiG copies the number of its object. These are all made by adding affixes to transitive roots.
Suppose I see one, two or three horses. The verbs **dRzyate दृश्यते, **dRzyete दृश्येते, **dRzyante दृश्यन्ते show by their /tiG ending if the object of the action of seeing is singular, dual or plural —
dRzyate mayA दृश्यते मया "I see it"
dRzyete mayA दृश्येते मया "I see both"
dRzyante mayA दृश्यन्ते मया "I see them (3+)"
These verbs are formed like this —
dRz दृश्+ objectshowing /laT /ta → **dRzyate दृश्यते
dRz दृश्+ objectshowing /laT /AtAm → **dRzyete दृश्येते
dRz दृश्+ objectshowing /laT /jha → **dRzyante दृश्यन्ते
The /tiG endings also copy the person of the object. In the examples above all /tiG are third person.
Those endings do not show anything about the doer, and do not show the gender or case of the object.
The fakeverb **dRSTa- दृष्टॱ shows by its /sup if its object is singular, dual or plural —
dRSTo mayA दृष्टो मया "I saw it"
dRSTau mayA दृष्टौ मया "I saw both"
mayA dRSTAH मया दृष्टाः "I saw them (3+)"
Those nouns are formed like this —
**dRSTa- दृष्टॱ m + /su → !**dRSTaH दृष्टः
**dRSTa- दृष्टॱ m + /au → !**dRSTau दृष्टौ
**dRSTa- दृष्टॱ m + /jas → !**dRSTAs दृष्टास्
The /sup endings also copy the gender and case of the object. In the examples above all /sup are masculine and have first case.
Those endings do not show anything about the doer, and do not show the person of the object.
How come in ayodhyAG gatA अयोध्यां गता "she went to Ayodhyaa" the /sup after /kta shows the doer sA सा, not the object?
That's an exception, allowed by !! .