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 OF ADJECTIVES. 85

thus, fc3o&3$x> beautiful, makes e5os5b/<6-t9o&3&ax>tf or or 1&n>3&><yo a beautiful face or /aces, or 590&4) or or "sSoroS&Dew abeatttifulface, on faces.

All other -"eSsr^sSao adjectives ending in O when prefixed, wi shout any of the 286 affixes abovementioned, to substantives beginning with a vowel, require the insertion of &, to prevent hiatus; thus, g'eaSo sharp, and ^o^ an arrow, make ^ef&o^^ a sharp arrow ; $^o jwre, and 9?&S, a mirror, make a pure mirror.

Some "S^sSix) adjectives are derived from substantives in the following 287 manner. SUBSTANTIVES. ADJECTIVES. a leak ................. &>3 ............... leaky. lameness ............... oo3 ................. / am<? . ................ iron ................... SJ&SS... ................. irow. ................ hemp, flax ............ a^SS ................... hempen.

.............. deafness .............. "SJX>*3 .................. //w/I

It is necessary to apprize the reader that many "wSfcsSM nouns are used both as adjectives and substantives, in the same manner as a number of terms in our own language; thus, we say &&&$gf&&8fo& the damp is great, and #&av^ a j amp c i offl} the word $& jn Xeloogoo, and damp in English, being used, in these sentences, first as a substantive, and afterwards as an adjective noun : thus, also, we find that ^:&> means either bitter or bitterness, "3c^ tall or tallness, "S^ew^ broad or breadth, wCo) heavy or weight, &$) sweet or sweetness, Sec. but e>o;Sx> 6ea M fy O r beautiful, and other words in S$bo, which are used either as adjectives or substantives, may be .considered properly to belong to the Utter class of nouns; for it will be observed that, by rule 285, they cannot be used in the former sense, without adding certain affixes, which as substantives they never assume.