History of Bengali Language and Literature c6.s8.53

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c6.s8.53

করিবু is changed to করিব and this form has been adopted in written Bengali both in Eastern and Western Bengal. The appearance of ক in হউক, যাউক, খাউক etc. is difficult to account for. Dr. Grierson traces it to Sanskrit কিম্. In old Bengali, there are frequent uses of verbs without this familiar suffix, as in,—

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