>Hi Rett,
>Thank you. But I find the subject so difficult when we do not have Pali
>examples. The English examples do not clarify enough for me.
>Nina.

Hi,

As I responded earlier to Alan, paa.na-sama, is a genuine pali example.

best regards,

/Rett

>
>op 15-09-2005 09:59 schreef rett op rett@...:
> 'Cold' is
>> qualified as being not just any old cold, but cold as ice. I haven't searched
>> exhaustively though, and I'd be very interested in any references to where the
>> topic is discussed. Even if the subst+adj isn't mentioned anywhere, I still
>> think it's a genuine feature of Pali compounds. There are a number of
>> important features of Pali grammar that the medieval grammarians missed, and
>> it can be worth describing them as well even if that means we diverge from
> > their terminology.