idam
1. ida/m aya/m , iya/m , ida/m ( fr. id , Uṇ. iv, 156 ; g. sarvA di , Pāṇ. i, 1, 27 ; Vop. ; a kind of neut. of the pronom. base 3. i with am [ cf. Lat. is , ea , id , and idem ]; the regular forms are partly derived from the pronom. base a ; see Gr. 224 ; the Veda exhibits various irregular formations, e.g. fr. pronom. base a , an inst. enA/ , ayA/ [used in general adverbially], and gen. loc. du. ayo/s , and perhaps also avo/s , in RV. vi, 67, 11 ; vii, 67, 4 ; x, 132, 5 [ BRD. ]; fr. the base ima , a gen. sing. ima/sya , only, RV. ; the RV. has in a few instances the irregular accentuation a/smE , v, 39, 5 , &c.; a/sya , iv, 15, 5 , &c.; A/Bis , vi, 25, 2 , &c. : the forms derived fr. a are used enclitically if they take the place of the third personal pronoun, do not stand at the beginning of a verse or period, and have no peculiar stress laid upon them), this, this here, referring to something near the speaker