A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India v3.c18.48

v3.c18.48

M. has an infinitive peculiar to itself ending in ऊं, as मरूं "to die," which is comparatively little used, and only with the present tense. I am unable to suggest any thoroughly satisfactory explanation of this form which does not appear to have any analogy in the cognate languages. It may be the only descendant of the Skr. infinitive in *tum*, with elision of the *t*, but this is somewhat doubtful. To this place must also be referred the B. infinitive or verbal noun in *â*, as करा "to do," or "the act of doing," which, after stems ending in a vowel, appears as या, the *y* of which is not pronounced; thus इचोया pronounced “hôwâ,” देओया “dewâ.” The origin of this form is not clear to me, but it is probably connected with the participle in तव्य.