deriv SD cv (687) ashtadhyayi.com hei.de L 687 ETT STT a 3.1.73 ALPH OLDHOMEPAGE NEWHOMEPAGE

svAdibhyaz znuH

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/znu comes after the /svAdi verbs

The /svAdi roots are the verb class five.

Before a tense, these verbs add "znu" after the root, instead of /zap. This /znu is hard by tiGzitsArvadh..., but it is not /pit, so, by sArvadhAtuk..., it does not cause /guNa of the root.

Yet, if the tense is hard and /pit, we get /guNa of the /znu —

**sunu- सुनुॱ + /laT /tip
→ suno- सुनोॱ + /tip by gbH
→ !**sunoti सुनोति "squeezes"

**cinu- चिनुॱ + /laT /tip
→ cino- चिनोॱ + /tip by gbH
→ **cinoti चिनोति "gathers"

And if the tense is hard and /apit, there is no gbH of course —

su सु + /laT /tas
→ **sunu- सुनुॱ + /laT /tas
→ !**sunutas सुनुतस् "they2 squeeze" (press out juice)

**sunu- सुनुॱ + /laT /jhi → !**sunvanti सुन्वन्ति "they3 squeeze"

Wait, doesn't aciznudhAt... say that we should have sunuvanti?

It says so, but this falls under the exception huznuvossArv....