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—;Tlic L((ivfi of Auslaut in IriA. 'J-"iliistoric dcdarc-a = Gv. StSopKu, Skr. dadar^a ; se'sluch forprehistoric sedac-a (cf. Gotli. doh). [I believe that this (i wasoriginally long.]la. can (unde) Z. 356, for prehistoric can-a ? Tins word,according to its form, is to be compared with Goth hvan, butaccording to its signification, with O. H. G. hwanana. Itsablative character is based upon the pronominal-stem na.Perhaps certain prepositions ought to be mentioned here; e.g.,ar (before, for ; Germ, vor, filr) Z. G22, for prehistoric (p)ar-a,Gr. Trapd. The Old Gaul, are- in Are-moricae civitates (Gliick'sKelt. Namen, p. 31) seems to indicate a short vowel in auslaut.Since, however, Irish has dropped even long d in auslaut, andsince, in Gothic, faura occurs alongside of faiir, ar might havealso originated from (p)ar-d.In all the following cases, a was weakened to e, i :2. In the voc. sing, of the masc. stems in a. A similarweakening lias taken place in the con-esponding Greek andLatin forms, -e,-e.E.g., a maicc, mice (0 son), for prehistoric niaq-i nom.) mace,for prehistoric maq-as), cf. Gr. (pl\-€, Lat. amic-e ; a cU (0 God),for prehistoric clev-e (nom. dia, for prehistoric dev-as) = Skr.dev-a; a fir (O man) = Lat.vir = Skr. vira.3. In the nom. and ace. dual of all consonantal stems. Similarly,-e occurs in the corresponding Greek forms.E.g., cli siair (duas sorores), for prehistoric sesar-e (nom. sing.siur, for prehistoric sesiir) Z. 263, cf. Gr. Qvyartp-e ;dd sligid(duas vias), for prehistoric sliget-e (nom. sing, slige) Z. 259di tiprait (duo fontes), -ait for prehistoric -ant-e (nom. sing.tipra) Z. 259, cf Gr. yepovr-e.We are justified in assuming here a special dual-formationdistinct from the plural, because the accusative has in the plurala form distinct from the nominative : nom. sing, dige, nom. dualsligid, nom. plur. sligid; ace. sing, sligid with n following, ace.plur. sligeda, ace. dual sligid.4. In the 2nd sing, imperative of the 1st conjugation.Similarly, the Lat. has -c in the 3rd conjugation, and the Greek-e in the corresponding forms.E.g., heir, for a prehistoric her-i, ,Gr.