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 commensurate with the year. AV. has the anomalous quickened by the waters.

b. A number of exceptions occur, in which the final syllable of the compound has the accent: for example, (beside ),  (beside ),.

c. One or two special usages may be noticed. The participle, gone to, as final of a compound, is used in a loose way in the later language to express relation of various kinds: thus, existing in the world,  belonging to thee,  relating to a friend,  in a picture,  affection toward a son, etc. The participle  been, become is used in composition with a noun as hardly more than a grammatical device to give it an adjective form: thus,  this creation, being darkness (existing in the condition of darkness);  her, being the pearl of the world;  a woman is regarded as a field; a man, as seed; and so on.

d. The other participles only seldom occur as finals of compounds: thus, bearing javelin and bow,  not knowing the text-books,  having seen Arjuna,  announcing what is disagreeable,  calling himself Gautama.

1274. Compounds with derivatives in have (like combinations with the prefixes: 1157 e) the accent of the prior member.

a. Examples are: winning of wealth,  soma-drinking,  invocation of the gods,  utterance of homage,  presentation of offerings; and so.

b. In (all RV.), the accent of the prior member is changed from penult to final.

c. Where the verbal character of the derivative is lost, the general rule of final accent (1267) is followed: thus, weapon of the gods,  favor of the gods,  Brahman-pile. Also in entire ruin, the accent is that of compounds with ordinary nouns.

1275. Compounds with a derivative in as final member have (as in all other cases) the accent on the.

a. Thus, psalm-singing,  vow-performing,  bullock-giving,  truth-speaking,  thigh-pounding.

1276. There is a group of compounds with derivatives in, having the accent on the penult or radical syllable.

a. Thus, road-protecting,  sacrifice-disturbing,  soul-harming,  sitting in the path,