HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
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84. Two words of similar meaning, which resemble
each other in sound, are often adopted where one alone
wouid suffice, as in the instance of /U fp above given :
but, one of sucli words seems frequently to have no
meaning, and to be used for the sake of the sound only ;
o ? o ? P p , , ,
as, J^falschood, j^j-fi a wlnsper. _by a repetition,
bowever, of nouns or pronouns, as well as of adjectives,
participles, or numerals, individuality may beintended;
OGG p y
3S9 j S)j^j
fi thejuclge, having summoned all the people, gave to
G O
everij man a stick a piece, each of a cuhit in length ;
O G . O
^jUjT let us each try his own skill; CJj) yt>
f^ bjjj \jf eacli man hciving filled each a pitcher of milk :
and, when a verb is repeated, continuation of the act is
generally denoted ; as )U )U continuing to impel; ,UjU
Jlj JI5 keep striking down : or, when two past participles
of the same transitive verb come together, the latter of
them being in thefeminine gender, reciprocity of action is
G y C ^
intended ; as UUU pulling and, hauling ; f alter-
, O {,
cation ; ^U V,U scuffie ; UUj competition, emulcition :
or, when precedes a reduplicated past participle, in-
difference as to the act is denoted ; so, <0 seen
9 9
(or) not seen; aj U heen (or) not been: but, when the past
participle, or past conjunctive participle, of a causal verb
s 2
131
84. Two words of similar meaning, which resemble
each other in sound, are often adopted where one alone
wouid suffice, as in the instance of /U fp above given :
but, one of sucli words seems frequently to have no
meaning, and to be used for the sake of the sound only ;
o ? o ? P p , , ,
as, J^falschood, j^j-fi a wlnsper. _by a repetition,
bowever, of nouns or pronouns, as well as of adjectives,
participles, or numerals, individuality may beintended;
OGG p y
3S9 j S)j^j
fi thejuclge, having summoned all the people, gave to
G O
everij man a stick a piece, each of a cuhit in length ;
O G . O
^jUjT let us each try his own skill; CJj) yt>
f^ bjjj \jf eacli man hciving filled each a pitcher of milk :
and, when a verb is repeated, continuation of the act is
generally denoted ; as )U )U continuing to impel; ,UjU
Jlj JI5 keep striking down : or, when two past participles
of the same transitive verb come together, the latter of
them being in thefeminine gender, reciprocity of action is
G y C ^
intended ; as UUU pulling and, hauling ; f alter-
, O {,
cation ; ^U V,U scuffie ; UUj competition, emulcition :
or, when precedes a reduplicated past participle, in-
difference as to the act is denoted ; so, <0 seen
9 9
(or) not seen; aj U heen (or) not been: but, when the past
participle, or past conjunctive participle, of a causal verb
s 2