Template:pi-verb/documentation

This template is used for displaying Pali verb headword with its gender.

Parameters

 * 1
 * Root of the verb


 * 2
 * Class of the verb, using the 7-class scheme of Moggallāna


 * tr
 * Transliteration. It is only needed for non-Roman script forms for which it is not implicitly given by pi-sc on the definition line.  To display the default transliteration, use +.


 * id
 * Sense id for the root; see and.

Verb Classes
Verb classes categorise the material beyond the root by which the verb stem for the present tense is formed. The seven classes are: Guṇation differs from lengthening in that it does not convert /a/ to /ā/. As can be seen, these classes offer opportunities for obscurantism: can be treated as class 3 from  or as class 1 from.