Pali Literature and Language c7.s1.t13.80

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2. Haplology and the loss of syllable caused by it is in evidence in aḍḍhatiya (for *aḍḍhatatiya) ‘three and a half’ JāCo. II. 93⁴ (also aḍḍhateyya Vin. I. 39²⁴, DhCo. I. 95⁹); viññāṇañcāyatana (for viññāṇānañcāy-) ‘sphere of infinite knowledge’ M. III. 106¹³ etc. As sporadic cases may be mentioned: pavissāmi (for pavississāmi) ‘I shall enter’ Cp. I. 9.56, JāCo. II. 68²⁰, sossi (for sossasi) ‘you will hear’ Jā. VI. 423⁸, vipassi (for vipassasi) ‘you apprehend’ Th2. 271, gacchisi (for gacchissasi) ‘you will go’ Th1. 356. Cf. also sakkhī Jā. V 116⁵ for *sakkhisi (Co: sakkhissasi), āsādum Jā. V. 154¹⁹ (Co: āsāditum). It is however impossible to decide whether the optatives of ṭ-roots such as jeyyam from ji, neyyam from nī should be regarded as “haplologies” for *jayeyyam, *nayeyyam.