A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India: The noun and pronounTrübner, 1876 |
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... suffix , and the termination ; the root and suffix taken together constitute the stem , the whole three combined form the perfect noun fitted for use in speaking or writing . VOL . II . 1 Thus naras , " a man , " consists of.
... suffix , and the termination ; the root and suffix taken together constitute the stem , the whole three combined form the perfect noun fitted for use in speaking or writing . VOL . II . 1 Thus naras , " a man , " consists of.
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... written . There is , however , one other possible way of accounting for the peculiarity . This is the influence of the accent . It is vigorously denied by some that the Sanskrit accent has per- sisted until modern times ; but it may be ...
... written . There is , however , one other possible way of accounting for the peculiarity . This is the influence of the accent . It is vigorously denied by some that the Sanskrit accent has per- sisted until modern times ; but it may be ...
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... written with long û . As each word must be considered on its own merits , the dictionary is the fit place for the dis- cussion . , ana , bare , should probably be written with , but in many others the point is doubtful . The difficulty ...
... written with long û . As each word must be considered on its own merits , the dictionary is the fit place for the dis- cussion . , ana , bare , should probably be written with , but in many others the point is doubtful . The difficulty ...
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... written , but in this case , as in many others , the is merely a fulcrum for the following vowel , and is not pronounced . In this class are in- cluded many simple appellatives , and numerous words for which it would be difficult , if ...
... written , but in this case , as in many others , the is merely a fulcrum for the following vowel , and is not pronounced . In this class are in- cluded many simple appellatives , and numerous words for which it would be difficult , if ...
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... written with the short u , is " carriage , " " deportment , " " behaviour , " from " to be- have , " but this is evidently a modern word , probably borrowed from Marathi , and bringing with it the of the Marathi in- finitive , which has ...
... written with the short u , is " carriage , " " deportment , " " behaviour , " from " to be- have , " but this is evidently a modern word , probably borrowed from Marathi , and bringing with it the of the Marathi in- finitive , which has ...
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a-stem abstract nouns accent added adjectives affix anunâsika anuswâra Aryan barytone Bengali Bengali and Oriya Bhojpuri case-affixes case-endings causal Chand cloth common compound consonant dative declension derived from Skr dialect DICTIONARY Edited elided English examples existence F. J. FURNIVALL feminine final vowel formation genitive Gipsy GRAMMAR grammarians Gujarati Hindi India instances latter lengthened locative long â long vowel Ludgate Hill Marathi masc masculine meaning merely modern languages neuter nominative nouns ending numerous oblique form Old-H Old-Hindi origin Orissa Oriya oxytone Panjabi particles Persian phonetic plural possession Prakrit pratyaya primary stems probably pronoun rejected retain Royal Asiatic Society rule Sanskrit secondary semivowel sense seven languages sewed short vowel shortened Sindhi Sing singular substantive suffix syllable Tatsamas termination three genders Translation Trumpp verb Verbal root wife words ending को
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