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The fame lengthened, and properly exprefled by an 

 accent, as in the word virtii : it is a very long vowel in 

 Perjian* fo as nearly to treble the quantity of its corre- 

 fpondent fhort one; and this, indeed, may be obferved 

 of all the long vowels in the genuine hfahdni pronun- 

 ciation; but the letter vdu is often redundant, fo as not 

 to alter the found of the fhort vowel preceding it; as 

 in kho'/h and khod : it may, neverthelefs, be right to 

 exprefs that letter by an accent. 



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A vocal found peculiar to the Sanfcrit language : it 

 is formed by a gentle vibration of the tongue preceding 

 our third vowel pronounced very Jhort, and may be 

 well expreffed by the profodial mark, as in Ri/Jii, a 

 Saint. When it is connected with a confonant, as in 

 Chrt/hna, no part of it is ufed but the curve at the 

 bottom. We have a fimilar found in the word merrily, 

 the fecond fyllable of which is much fhorter than the 

 firft fyllable of riches. 



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The fame complex found confiderably lengthened; 

 and, therefore, diftinguifhable by the profodial fign of 

 a long vowel. 



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