7.4.33
क्यचि च
Operational rule vidhi
Long ई is substituted for the final of अ or आ of a Nominal stem, before the Denominative affix क्यच् .
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context क्यचि saptamī · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyaya
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
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Full reading
क्यचि च
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Commentary
Long ई is substituted for the final of अ or आ of a Nominal stem, before the Denominative affix क्यच् ।
As पुत्रीयति, घटीयति, खट्वीयति, मालीयति ॥ This is an exception to 7.4.25. The separating of this aphorism from the preceding, is for the sake of the subsequent aphorism.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.