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207. How are verbs formed from Sanskrit nouns?
i.) A very great number are derived in various ways
from nouns ending in 'am'.
Ex: 'támasikkŭ' (=wait), from 'támasam' (= delay); so 'bhó-
gikkŭ' (= enjoy) 'ášrayikkŭ' or 'ašrikkŭ' (= take refuge with,
depend on).
ii.) Of nouns ending in 'i' which give rise to verbs
there are:
Ex: 'vidhi' (= decree), hence 'vidhikkŭ'; 'šrishṭi' (=creation),
from which we have 'šrishṭikkŭ' &c.
iii.) Others from nouns ending in 'anam'.
Ex: 'móshaṇikkŭ' from 'móshaṇam' (= deliverance).
In many the 'anam' is dropped.
Ex: 'varddhanam' (= increase), hence 'varddhikkŭ'; so from
'arppaṇam' (= offering), we may have 'arppanikkŭ' or 'arppi-
kkŭ'.
Others from nouns of agency ending in 'tá'.
Ex: 'móshṭá' (= a thief), 'móshṭikkŭ'.
COMPOUND WORDS.
208. What is a compound word?
Several words joined together to express a single notion
are called a compound word; the one which comes first
is called the former-member, that which comes after,
the latter-member of the compound.
209. What is the form assumed by the former-member
of the compound noun?
