Shakespear, John: A grammar of the Hindustani language (London, 1826)

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A GRAMMAR OF THE

drink from L-j to drink, 01) and UJj fo cause to give from
Lo /o gzoe, IjiUj and UJjbj fo coz/ie to wasli from Ijysj to wash.
Jn othcr cases, the transitive is formed by lengthening the
vowel, or Jast vowel in dissyllables, if short, of the in-

• • 0 >, C*

transitive root; as, to dissolve (transitively) from

. ° ° °
fo he dissolved, /o c?/z" from UL ifo be cut, /o 6orc

from /o be bored, Ojy=- tojoin from 0y>- to bejomed, UU;

/o woA:c /o issz/c from U.0 to issue: yet, when the causal \,

is affixed, the short vowel of the primitive remains ; as,

c/ o o

to cause to be dissolved, fo cause to be cut, t»yXj /o

cowse /o be taken out.

In a few instances, especially if the primitive root
be a monosyllable terrninating with s, either T or 3, as
before described, or very rarely JT («/), may be added to

o co o o

form the causal ; as, t>hO> or l3^j to shew from to see,

o o o oo o OC o o ^

or to teach from to learn, Ijl^b or Ijil^ib or UU-j
/o 5eo/ from LgLj to sit : on a principle too, similar towhat

o

is here or before mentioned, are formed lilp to cause to
bathe, and lihLg to cause to be bathed, from l3lp to bathe, as
well as lil^Lj to thrust in from lJu t0 enter; the vowel of
the original, if long, being usually shortened before T or S
but not before JT. And, a very small number of causal

G

verbs may seem irregularly formed ; as, to sell from
lL to be sold, to let go from \A^>- to be let go, l3jb$j and