[INDOLOGY] Help with dī́divim

[Caley Smith]

Hi McComas,

Dr. Spiers is certainly correct. These formants in -v-i- are part of a
bigger family of PIE verbal adjectives that are ultimately related to forms
like pak-va and the vas/uS suffix of the perfect active participant. Think
of what the perfect active participle to dī- would be: dīdivaMs-

Best,
Caley

On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 9:13 PM McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Many thanks to all those kind scholars who contributed to the question of
> dī́divim - you have given us plenty to think about.
>
> Thanks again, and best wishes
>
> McCoams
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> *McComas Taylor, *Professor of Sanskrit
> CHL Deputy Director, Languages
> College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University
> Secretary-General, International Assoc. of Sanskrit Studies
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> Dear McComas,
>
> Short answer is it is an adjective, but for the formation, related to the
> cákri-type but with what seems to be a composite suffix -u-i-, you could
> look at this article by Laura Grestenberger which proposes a new analysis
> of the phenomenon:
>
> https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/grestenberger/files/the_indo-iranian_cakri-type_jaos133.2.pdf
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> Best,
> Carmen
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> Op wo 19 mrt 2025 om 04:23 schreef McComas Taylor via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info>:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am hoping that you can help my students and me with ṚV 1.1.8.  There is
> a word describing Agni: dī́divim (MAcS of stem dī́divi), meaning
> 'shining'. We can see the root dī, which forms stems in both dīdī and dīdi.
> What part of speech is dī́divi and how it is formed?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> McComas
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