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* '''-l-s''' becomes '''-ly''' when prevocalic and '''-lš''' when preconsonantal, but '''-rl-s''' always becomes '''-rely-'''. | * '''-l-s''' becomes '''-ly''' when prevocalic and '''-lš''' when preconsonantal, but '''-rl-s''' always becomes '''-rely-'''. | ||
The resulting stem, athematic, is used as the present and past stem. The perfect stem vocalic augment is short if the vowel in the root is long (or ''o, å'', or a diphthong), otherwise it is long (cf. '' | The resulting stem, athematic, is used as the present and past stem. The perfect stem vocalic augment is short if the vowel in the root is long (or ''o, å'', or a diphthong), otherwise it is long (cf. ''nanāmusute'' "I want to crush", ''ananāmusaṃte'' "I have wanted to crush" vs. ''šukhlusute'' "I want to search", ''ūšukhlusaṃte'' "I have wanted to search"). | ||
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