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81-82] STEMS IN H AND R 57anadiit-su (from anad-vah), the h imphonetically became t,which has been dissimilated to t. In the N. the phonetic kaj^peai's in the six forms -dhak, -dhuk, -dhruk, -I'uk,-sprk, usnik, and the unphonetic t in the three forms -vat,Sat)* S^P^La• • 7 ah. Stems formed from vah ^and sah lengthen the radicalvowel in the strong cases, the former always, the lattergenerally.The forms actually occurringifmade from sah victoriouswould be :Sing. N.V. m. f. sat.- A. m. f. sah-am. I. sah-a. D. sah-6.Ab.G. sah-as. L. sah-i.Du. N.A.V. m. f. sah-a and sah-au. N.A. n. sah-i.PI. N.A.V. m. f. sah-as. A. m. sah-as and sah-as ;f. sah-as. D. sad-bhyas. G. m. sah-am. L. m.sat-sii.Stems in r.'^82. There are over fifty stems in radical r.^ The precedingvowel is nearly always i or u, only two stems containinga and three a. Twelve stems are monosyllabic (seven f.,^three m.," two n.^), the rest being compounds. The rremains before the su of the L. pi., and the radical vowel^anad-vdh being a changeable stem with three forms is ti-eatedunder the irregular changeable stems (96).^ When h becomes t the initial s is cerebralized.3There are no stems in 1;while the five which may be regardedas ending in the semivowels y or v are treated below (102) as ai, o,or au stems.*The stems in which the r is derivative (and preceded by a), inthe suffixes -ar and -tar, are treated below (101) as r stems.^ gir praise, dvar door, dhiir burden, piir stronghold, t^r star, psiirvictuals, st^r star.^gir praising, var protector, miir destroyer.^var loater, svar light.