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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...by, on. 3. Prepositions governing the Accusative. bttrcfe, through, by. ofitte or fottber, without, fur, for. Uttt, around, about, for. gegett or gett, towards, against. tttber, against, in opposition. 4. Prepositions governing the Accusative or Dative, according as they denote motion to a place, or motion or rest in a place. cttt, on, at, in. itber, over, above, auf, upon. Hitter, under, hinter, behind. Dor, before. itt, in. gwifd)en, between. ( 95.) OF THE FORMATION OF WORDS. The radical part of every word is undoubtedly a monosyllable, which has gradually received prefixes and affixes. Some of the additional syllables may have been added merely for the sake of euphony; but most of them certainly had a distinct meaning. In many syllables the signification can yet be traced. Thus, bar, a common affix to adjectives, seems to correspond to the English verb bear; as, frucfjtbar, fruitbearing or fruitful: f)eit, a termination which frequently occurs in nouns, is probably the same as the English head; as, (c)ottbett, godhead: and the syllable ettt seems to be an abbreviation.of flettt, small; hence, (c)df)ntettt, signifies a little son. According to the increase of syllables, or according to the variety of the ideas to be conveyed, and sometimes for the sake of euphony, the letters constituting the radical part have frequently undergone considerable changes. Thus, the vowels a, 0, It, and the diphthong CHAPTER XII. OU, not only have often taken the place of each other, but, instead of them, their corresponding vowels a, 6, it, Sit, and even e and if have frequently been substituted. The nouns and irregular verbs afford us many examples. Thus, we say: btC 9KCW3, mouse; SSKaufe, mice; tcf) halte, I hold; bit fo<ft, tho
