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OTHER PHONETIC CHANGES
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(iii) Some cases of gemination are due to hesitation between anaptyxis and assimilation : सश्रीक=सस्सिरीय full of beauty; ऋग्वेद-रिउब्वेय Rgveda ; सक्रीय=सक्किारय doing deeds ; शुक्ल-सुक्किल white.
In paroppara and namokkāra the conjunct in Sk, is responsible for the doubling though the -as has become o.
___(iv) Analogical doubling is found in : आलीन=अल्लीण concealed; कायगिरा=कायग्गिरा with words and deeds; परवश= परव्वस dependent ; अनुवश=अणुव्वस amicable ; बहुफल=बहुप्फल with abundant fruits; पुरुषकार=पुरिसक्कार manliness ; सचित्त= सञ्चित्त with life.
(v) Etymology or a different conjugation may be responsible in the gemination of words like : कुतः कत्तो whence; अन्यतः=अन्नत्तो from another; सर्वतः सव्वत्तो from everywhere ; लगाते-लग्गइ sticks; उन्मीलति-उम्मिल्लइ blooms ; चलति-चल्लइ moves.
In these and similar verbs Pischel supposes a fourth conjugation like *calyati, *lagyati, while Jacobi suggests an accent on the thematic vowel. '
124 When a whole syllable is dropped the change is called SYNCOPE. अवट=अड well; निःश्रेयस निस्सेस highest good ; नूनं=णं indeed ; जीवित-जीय life ; देवकुल-देउल temple ; राजकुल-राउल royal family.
125 When the dropping of the syllable is caused by a similar sound near it, the change is called HAPLOLOGY. हृदय-हिय heart; सिचय=सिय garment; एवमेव=एमेव thus; अपररात्र=अवरत्र latter part of the night; अनायतन=अणायण improper place.
____126 When two consonants interchange place in the word the change is called METATHESIS. वाराणसी वाणारसी Benares
