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French sh changed into fsh {cliafe^ chance^ 

 b. Asdhlkition of (J : 

 chh (^rid'je, edge). 

 French zli changed into dzli (jjender, fjisf,joj/). 



2. French Assibilation. 

 Assihllatton of C : 

 s (centre J civil). 



3. Modern English Assibilation. 



a. Assibdation of T : 



tij (^tuhe, Christian), tsh (^question, nature). 



b . A ss ih da 1 10 n of D : 



dy (tedious, dew), dzh (cordial, soldier). 



c. Assibilation of S, i. e. S proper and French S in ti, ci, and cc : 

 s thickened into sh (pension, treasure, transient^. 



French s in ti thickened into sh (nation, patient). 



French s in ci and ce thickened into sli (social, precionsj ocean). 



CHAPTER XL 



ON CONSONANTAL TRIPHTHONGS. 



§ 36. These combinations in stems are mere amplifications of the 

 semi-vowel diphthongs; thus, in the beginning of words they must 

 always end either in r or I, and at the end of words they may begin 

 with any of the semi-vowels generally. In English, at the beginning 

 of words, we only find combinations commencing with s, as spl in 

 spleen, spr in spring, str in string, skr in screw, and ski in the old 

 word sktere- with the vowel-consonant w as its last member we find 

 the triphthong slew in squall. At the end of words we find rid in 

 world, rst in worst, first, hurst, rtsh in march, search, rdzh in large, 

 gorge; with / we find 1st in whilst, Iflh in twelfth, IJct in mulct ; with 

 m, nipt in contempt, mps in glimpse ; with n, ntsh in bench, ndzh in 

 fringe; with guttural n, nkt \n distinct, nJcs in minx. The only 

 triphthong without a semi- vowel is kst in text. In addition to these 

 there are, however, many combinations ending in .s, or d and t, which 

 are obtained by the inflexion of nouns and verbs, as kts in acts, sps 

 in hasps, /fs in rafts, sfs in lasts, sks in fiasks, spt in lisped, skt in 



