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@verb stem

Showig all the rules that are needed to make a verb is often cumbersome —

nI नी + /laT
→ nI नी + /zap + /laT by kartarizap
→ nI नी + /zap + /tip by lasya ff
→ ne ने + a अ + /tip by gbS
→ naya नय + /tip by ecoyavAyAvaH
→ **nayati नयति

To make things easier, I will often show first the rules that work the same way before all /tiG, like this —

nI नी + /laT
→ nI नी + /zap + /laT by kartarizap
→ ne ने + a अ + /laT by gbS
→ **naya- नयॱ + /laT by ecoyavAyAvaH

And afterwards I will add the /tiG to that **naya- नयॱ —

**naya- नयॱ + /tip → **nayati नयति

**naya- नयॱ + /mip → **nayAmi नयामि

**naya- नयॱ + /jhi → **nayanti नयन्ति

The **naya- नयॱ thing is called a verb stem. A verb stem is whatever a /tiG is added to.

This verb stem term is not always useful. The form **bhUyAt भूयात् according to /pANini does not come from adding /tip to a bhUyA stem. Rather, first we turn the affix /tip into an affix yAtip यातिप्, then we add it after root bhU भू.