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उ Sanskrit Alternative scripts Etymology From sa ine-pro *-us. Suffix forms adjectives from roots Declension In the Rigveda, the feminine always ends on sa -वी. In Classical Sanskrit, both sa -वी and sa -उ are allowed, but only the latter in case of multiple consonants before the ending. Rarely a feminine on sa -ऊ occurs. -u -vī -u -ū -u Suffix -ú forms participial adjectives from verbal stems, especially from desiderative and denominative verbs Declension Feminine on sa -उ -ú or (only in Vedic) sa -ऊ -ū́. -ú -ú -ū́ -ú Derived terms sa Further reading II.2 463-479 sections 285-290 443-5 1178 de Ferdinand Sommer Das Femininum der u- und i-Adjektiva im Ṛgveda und im Altiranischen Indogermanische Forschungen 1916 36 3 165-183 https://archive.org/details/indogermanischef36berluoft/page/164/mode/2up