कीन्ह / दीन्ह / लीन्ह

Old Past Forms

Level 6Sounds Like kīnha, dīnha a'ura līnha

Old texts say कीन्ह, दीन्ह and लीन्ह where speech says किहिस, दिहिस and लिहिस.

How It Works

These three verbs have the oldest and most common past forms in the Manas and Padmavat.

The same pattern is clear in the stems: की-, दी-, ली- in the poem, and किह-, दिह-, लिह- in speech.

The plain forms कीन्ह, दीन्ह and लीन्ह do not show the person. You will also meet longer forms, such as कीन्हेसि (did, of one person).

For a respected person the speech form is -इन (किहिन), while the old form stays the same.

Do not use कीन्ह or दीन्ह when you speak. Speakers say किहिस and दिहिस.

राम सब काज कीन्ह।
Ram did all the work.
कीन्ह is the old past of करब.
राजा भिखारी का धन दीन्ह।
The king gave wealth to the beggar.
दीन्ह is the old past of देब.
ऊ धनुष लीन्ह।
He took the bow.
लीन्ह is the old past of लेब.
मानस मा कीन्ह मिलत अहै, अउर गाँव मा लोग किहिस कहत अहैं।
The Manas has कीन्ह, and villagers say किहिस.
The sentence sets the old form next to the modern one.

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कीन्ह / दीन्ह / लीन्हLevel 6Old Past Forms

These are the old forms of किहिस, दिहिस and लिहिस.

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