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bhū

Linguistic Notions

• Periphrasis
  1. Introduction The term 'periphrasis' broadly refers to constructions in which a syntactic sequence of two (or more, at least in principle) words can be considered to represent the in...
• Suppletion
  1. Introduction Although its original reference is to the diachronic process by which two previously unrelated words or word stems come to be associated, resulting in a new, mixed para...

Sanskrit Words

• as
  as, 'be'; verbal root.
• babhūva
  Verb form; 3sg. perfect of bhū 'become'.
• bhavitavyam
  bhavitavyam, gerundive of bhū 'become' (treated as a suppletive form of as 'be').
• bhavitṛ
  bhavitṛ, agent noun of bhū 'become' (treated as suppletive stem of as 'be').