Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c10.49

c10.49

H. P. and G. have कर for the sing. as in the above; and करो pl. the same as that of the Present which itself is from the Ap. करहु the characteristic Imper उ being attached to the ह of the Pr. and even in the Pr. and M. B. and O. 2nd per. pl. is the same as in the Present. The P. has also the form in ई. The Sindhî Imperative 2nd per. sing. of intransitive and reflexive verbs ends in उ as हणु and of transitive verbs and a few others in इ as करि. The उ occurs in the Ap. along with the ई and ए already noticed. Though Modern Hindî has lost the Imperative forms for other persons than the second, old Hindî poets use them; and for the second per. sing. also they have the Ap. form in ई preserved in S. and M. Thus Tulsîdâs:—