@verb base

A verbbase is whatever a /tiG is added to.

All verbs are made by joining a root and a tense. The tense is always replaced with a /tiG. As in —

ad अद् + /laT → ad अद् + /mip → **admi अद्मि

In most cases the root gets thingies added to it —

pac पच् + /laT → **paca- पचॱ + /mip → **pacAmi पचामि

pac पच् + /laG → **apaca- अपचॱ + /mip → **apacam अपचम्

And also in many cases the /tiG gets thingies added, removed or replaced—

bhU भू + /liG → **bhava- भवॱ + /mip → **bhava- भवॱ + am अम् → **bhava- भवॱ + **iyam इयम् → **bhaveyam भवेयम्

pac पच् + /loT → **paca- पचॱ + /sip → **paca पच

So all verbs are made from a left half (modified root), and a right half (modified tense or modified /tiG). Sometimes it is convenient to call the left half a "verb base".

In these pages I try to add a hyphen after verb bases —

ad- अद् + /laT /mip

**paca- पचॱ + /laG /mip

**bhava- भवॱ + /liG /mip