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1314. As in every language, compounds are now and then met with which are of anomalous character, as exhibiting combinations of elements not usually put together, or not after such a method, or for such a purpose. Some of these, especially of those occurring in the old language, may well be noticed here.

a. Compounds having a particle as final member: as, having no equal,  mightily opposing,  refusing,  false,  as it really is,  prosperity in companionship,  and  having no here and no yonder, etc.

b. Agglomerations of two or more elements out of phrases: thus, eager to be first,  contest for preëminence,  contest for possession,  legend ( thus, indeed, it was),  and  not, surely, dying or coming to harm,  some unknown person,  having just that as aim,  having errands in every direction,  doing all sorts of things,  wherever found,  out of all danger,  What-is-to-be, etc.

c. Agglomerations in which the prior member retains a syntactic form: as, and  one another,  inverted.

d. Aggregations with the natural order inverted: e. g. and  grandfather,  with his sons slain,  and  with bended knee,  provided with teeth,  deprived of soma,  having groups of gifts,  old bull,, etc. tip of the tongue, of the nose, etc. Compare also 1291 c.

e. Aggregations of particles were pointed out above (1111 a); also (1122 e) cases in which and  are used in composition.

f. In late Sanskrit (perhaps after the false analogy of combinations like, viewed as , with as stem instead of neuter accusative), a preposition is sometimes compounded as final member with the noun governed by it: e. g.  or  under the tree,  between the teeth,  on top of the house,  without truth.

1315. Transfers to an -form of declension from other less common finals, which are not rare in independent use, are especially common in the final members of compounds. Thus:

a. A stem in often drops its final consonant (compare 429 a, 437): examples are.