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 of the prior member — whether the noun-final be preceded by a qualifying adjective, or noun, or adverb.

1298. Possessive compounds in which a noun is preceded by a qualifying ordinary adjective are (as pointed out above, 1280 f) very much more common than descriptives of the same form.

a. They regularly and usually have the accent of their prior member: thus, of other form,  having powerful arms,  having living sons,  longbearded,  of great renown,  many-rooted,  bearing a great weapon,  having all forms,  of bright color,  of propitious touch,  of true promises,  whole-limbed,  having own glory,  wearing yellow garlands.

b. Exceptions, however, in regard to accent are not rare (a seventh or eighth of the whole number, perhaps). Thus, the accent is sometimes that of the final member; especially with derivatives in, as , and others in which (as above, 1296 b) a determinative character may be suspected: thus, beside ,  beside , and so on; but also with those of other final, as  etc.,. In a very few cases, the accent is retracted from the final to the first syllable of the second member: thus, (also ). The largest class is that of compounds which take the accent upon their final syllable (in part, of course, not distinguishable from those which retain the accent of the final member): for example, f.,.

c. The adjective all, as prior member of a compound (and also in derivation), changes its accent regularly to ;  whole, all does the same in a few cases.

1299. Possessive compounds with a participle preceding and qualifying the final noun-member are numerous, although such a compound with simple descriptive value is almost unknown. The accent is, with few exceptions, that of the prior member.

a. The participle is oftenest the passive one, in or. Thus, with severed wing,  of firmly held royalty,  whose mother is slain,  whose fire is kindled,  with outstretched hand,  having presented sacrificial gifts; and, with prefixed negative,  whose men are unharmed,  of unburned substance,  of untarnished color. Exceptions in regard to accent are very few: there have been noticed only f.,.