A Grammar of the Persian Language. To Which Is Added A Selection Of Easy Extracts For Reading Together With A Vocabulary And Translations

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TABLE OF CONTENTS. SECTION I. Of the PERSI-ARABIC ALPHABET:—Primitive Vowels—The Consonants, and ی, p. 9—Of the symbol jazm, p. 11; and of the tashdid, p. 12—Of the letters ا, و, and ی, as Vowels, p. 12—Of the symbols madda and hamza, p. 17 and p. 18—Of Arabic words, &c.—Exercises in Reading, p. 21—Various Manuscript Writings, p. 25—Numerical value of the Letters, p. 25. SECTION II. Of Substantives, &c.:—Of Gender, p. 26—Formation of Plurals, p. 27—Declension of Nouns, p. 29—Of Adjectives, p. 34—Of Pronouns, p. 35. SECTION III. Of the Verb, p. 39—Of the Infinitive and Verbal Root, p. 44—Passive Voice, p. 49—Causal Verbs, p. 51—Negative and Prohibitive Verbs, p. 52. SECTION IV. Of Adverbs, p. 54—Prepositions, p. 55—Conjunctions, p. 56—Interjections, p. 57—Numerals, p. 57—Musalman Reckoning of Time, p. 59—Derivation of Words, p. 61—Composition of Words, p. 66. SECTION V. On SYNTAX:—Analysis of Sentences, p. 71—Arrangement of Words, p. 74—Illustrative Easy Fable, p. 76—Construction of Substantives, Adjectives, and Prepositions, p. 78—Of Pronouns, p. 82—Reciprocal Pronouns, p. 84—Demonstrative Pronouns, p. 85—Relative Pronouns, p. 86—Interrogative, p. 88—Concord of Verbs, p. 89—Government of Verbs, p. 91—The termination را, p. 92—Auxiliary Verbs, p. 95—The Infinitive, p. 97—Conjunctions, p. 97—Persian Idiom, p. 98. SECTION VI. On the NATURE AND USE OF ARABIC WORDS INTRODUCED INTO THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE, p. 99. SECTION VII. PROSODY:—Standard Measures or Feet, p. 127—Tables of Perfect Metres, p. 130—Variations of Perfect Metres, p. 134—Poetic Licence, p. 139—Scansion, p. 141—Rhyme, p. 143—Various kinds of Poetic Compositions, p. 143. APPENDIX. Consisting of Translations of the Poetical Extracts, with Notes and Illustrations—History of Dr. Franklin’s Supplementary Chapter to the Book of Genesis—Doctrines of the Sufi Sect, p. 152.