The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1984 - 188 pages |
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... of the fifty Indian letters ; but the Arabick roots are as univerfally triliteral , fo that the compo- fition of the twenty - eight Arabian letters would give near two and twenty thousand elements of the language ON THE ARABS . 53.
... of the fifty Indian letters ; but the Arabick roots are as univerfally triliteral , fo that the compo- fition of the twenty - eight Arabian letters would give near two and twenty thousand elements of the language ON THE ARABS . 53.
Page 54
... thousand of them ( without rekoning quadri- literals ) to exift , and each of them to admit only five variations , one with another , in forming derivative nouns , even then a perfect Arabick dictionary ought to contain fifty thousand ...
... thousand of them ( without rekoning quadri- literals ) to exift , and each of them to admit only five variations , one with another , in forming derivative nouns , even then a perfect Arabick dictionary ought to contain fifty thousand ...
Page 157
... thousand , and the cycle of fixty , years ; in the predilection for the mystical number nine ; in many fimilar fasts and great feftivals , especially at the folftices . and equinoxes ; in the juft - mentioned obfequies confifting of ...
... thousand , and the cycle of fixty , years ; in the predilection for the mystical number nine ; in many fimilar fasts and great feftivals , especially at the folftices . and equinoxes ; in the juft - mentioned obfequies confifting of ...
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