ഈ താളിൽ തെറ്റുതിരുത്തൽ വായന നടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു
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DEFECTIVE VERBS.
158. What are Defective Verbs?
Verbs of which some of the tenses etc. are not in use
are called defective verbs.
159. Mention some of them.
En, uḷ, il, al, veṇ, taku, miku etc.
160. What forms remain formed from the root 'en' (=to
say, to think)?
They are shewn below:
| Infinitive verb | Finite verb | ||||
| Present | Past | 1st Future |
Past | 1st Future | |
| Infinitive | ena, ana | ,, | ,, | ennu ennár |
ennum enmar |
| Verbal noun | enka | ,, | ,, | ||
| Participial noun and Adv. participle |
,, | ennavan etc. |
enmatu | ||
| ,, | ennu | enmán | |||
| Adnounal do. | ,, | enna | ,, | ||
| Subjunctive | ,, | enkil | ennál | ||
| Concessive | ,, | enkilum | ennálum | ||
161. What tenses remain formed from the root 'uḷ' (=be)?
The root 'uḷ' has its present tense 'uṇṭu' and also its ad-
nounal past participle 'uḷḷa', it has no other forms. Cor-
responding forms from the compound verb 'uṇṭáku' are
used instead of those in which this verb is defective,
and the two words 'uṇṭŭ' and 'enkil' are used together
to supply the place of a subjunctive.
