HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
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o c p o c
/o or 6a/from U>j«j and Ugj /o be broken, bjfy /o
o y o # c
/)reoA: from L5y /o be broken, Uj-J ^o Jimsh from Uj-J /o be
endecl; but, these apparent anomalies are, for the most
part, only slight variations in the pronunciation and
writing of a letter, the cU andj of most of these examples
being alike the representative of the same Nagari letter
<?. Witli dissyllabick roots, too, the short vowel of the
iast syllable, if fat’ha, is dropped when T (a), but not
0° . oo
when (ma) is affixed ; so, to inform, from to
o c
understand, to mcike to glitter from UUs- to glitter,
c c o
ifo moue and to cause to be moved from lto be
o o
moved, to amuse from to be amiised.
Compound Verbs.
50. Compound verbs may be,
1st. Nominals, formed by subjoining a verb, regularly
conjugated, to an uninflected noun whether substantive or
adjective; as, UjU itaf to dive, Uj JU ^o abuse, EJ J^ /o
c
purchase, \if \!/>- ^o diminish.
2dly. Intensives, formed by adding some such verb,
regularly conjugated, as serves to extend the sense, to
the mere root of another verb, which conveys the primary
meaning ; so, ijf j jU to kill downright, UU \£ to eat up, Jlj
Uj to throw away, to cut off, bjj / tofall down, u\Sjfy
to break to pieces, ujf J^j to speak out, UU.T io come suddenly.
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o c p o c
/o or 6a/from U>j«j and Ugj /o be broken, bjfy /o
o y o # c
/)reoA: from L5y /o be broken, Uj-J ^o Jimsh from Uj-J /o be
endecl; but, these apparent anomalies are, for the most
part, only slight variations in the pronunciation and
writing of a letter, the cU andj of most of these examples
being alike the representative of the same Nagari letter
<?. Witli dissyllabick roots, too, the short vowel of the
iast syllable, if fat’ha, is dropped when T (a), but not
0° . oo
when (ma) is affixed ; so, to inform, from to
o c
understand, to mcike to glitter from UUs- to glitter,
c c o
ifo moue and to cause to be moved from lto be
o o
moved, to amuse from to be amiised.
Compound Verbs.
50. Compound verbs may be,
1st. Nominals, formed by subjoining a verb, regularly
conjugated, to an uninflected noun whether substantive or
adjective; as, UjU itaf to dive, Uj JU ^o abuse, EJ J^ /o
c
purchase, \if \!/>- ^o diminish.
2dly. Intensives, formed by adding some such verb,
regularly conjugated, as serves to extend the sense, to
the mere root of another verb, which conveys the primary
meaning ; so, ijf j jU to kill downright, UU \£ to eat up, Jlj
Uj to throw away, to cut off, bjj / tofall down, u\Sjfy
to break to pieces, ujf J^j to speak out, UU.T io come suddenly.