Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c10.80

c10.80

The स of these forms is the old Skr. स्य corrupted to सस in the S'aur. and स in the Ap. From the Skr. downwards the terminations of the Present in each of the languages are appended, as formerly observed, to this tense. So in the G. we find in the 2nd and 3rd pers. the terminations ण् and ओ of the G. Present attached to स. But the consciousness of the etymology of these forms has been partially lost; wherefore in 1st pers. we have not करसुं for the sing. corresponding to करूं aud करसीये corresponding to करीये. But G. has derived its 1st pers. pl. करसुं directly from the Skr. or Ap. pl. करिसस्मु or करिसमु and the sing. करीस from करिससं which, you will remember, was an optional S'aur. form in addition to करिससामि, the nasal being dropped according to the usual Guj. rule. We have these forms in the Braj-Bhâshâ but the स is corrupted to ह as it very often is. Thus,