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| From | Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.lang, rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) |
| Date | 2026-05-31 13:49 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrn111of32.2662.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> (permalink) |
| References | <6a1b80f0.094c941890706d20@csiph.com> <10vg4h0$18a0q$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2026-05-31, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote: > Girt is simply the past participle of the verb gird. As verbs weaken it > is probably being gradually replaced by "girded", but "girt" continues > to survive as the passive participle. You mean "become regular". Gird/girt/girt is already a weak verb. Along with bend/bent/bent and a few others it belongs to a group that have coalesced the stem final dental and the past suffix. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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(atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 00:29 +0000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-05-31 11:56 +1000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 05:14 +0000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-31 18:05 +0000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-05-31 13:49 +0000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-05-31 14:57 +0000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-05-31 11:53 -0700
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-06-01 10:07 +1000
Re: (atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes) "HenHanna" <HenHanna@Posting.from.CsiPh> - 2026-05-31 19:24 +0000
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