The affix sic before ātmanepada affixes is kit after sthā 'to stand' and ghu mṛṣastitikṣāyām [[1.2.20]] verbs, and these verbs change their ā into i before these terminations.,
The roots स्था 'to stand,' दा 'to give,' धा 'to place', दै 'to pity', धे 'to feed', दो 'to cut' change their vowels into इ before the terminations of the Aorist of the Atmanepada ; and those terminations are also kit. As उपास्थित, 'he worshipped', उपास्थिषाताम्, उपास्थिषत; 'he gave', अधित 'he fed.',