samprasaranan.
/samprəˈsɑːrənə/ Philology.
In Sanskrit, the interchange between the vowels i, u, ṛi, lṛi and their corresponding semi-vowels y, v, r, l; hence, a similar process in other Indo-European languages.
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1861 T. Goldstücker Páṇini 169 It is probable, therefore, that Páṇini did not invent these terms, but referred to them as of current use. On the other hand, he distinctly defines..upadhá, lopa, samprasárana, and abhyá sa.
1888 J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 473 Vowel absorption often happens in languages with predominantly expiratory accentuation... If the absorption happens in such a manner that the syllable retains its value as a syllable, which is only possible, if another sound is able to undertake the part as bearer of the syllabic accent, we call the process samprasāraṇa (after the Indian grammarians).
1916 A. A. Macdonell Vedic Gram. for Students 5 The Samprasāraṇa series. Here the accented high grade syllables ya, va, ra..interchange with the unaccented low grade vowels i, u, ṛ.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xxi. 384 When a relatively sonorous phoneme is non-syllabic, it often acquires syllabic function; this change is known by the Sanskrit name of samprasarana.
1968 Language 44 278 The forms *xvarta- and *ųarta- are correct: they are doubtless full grade replacements for the zero grade in samprasarana roots.
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