ABBREVIATIONS.
[In the progress of a work extending over many years it has been found almost impossible to preserve absolute uniformity in the use of abbreviations and symbols, but it is hoped thet most of the inconsistencies are noticed in the following table.]
Ā.Ātmane-pada.
abl.ablative case.
abovea reference to some preceding word(not necesarily in the same page).
acc.accusative case.
accord. or acc.according.
add.Additions.
Ādi-p.Ādi-parvan of the Mahā-bhārata.
adj.adjective(cf. mfn.).
adv.adverb.
Æol.Æolic.
alg.algebra.
anat.anatomy.
Angl.Sax.Anglo-Saxon.
anom.anomalous.
Aor. or aor.Aorist.
Arab.Arabic.
arithm.arithmetic.
Arm. or Armor.Armorican or the language of Brittany.
Armen.Armenian.
astrol.astrology.
astron.astronomy.
B.Bombay edition.
Boh. or Bohem.Bohemian.
Br.Brāhma&ndotblw;a.
Bret.Breton.
C.Calcutta edition.
c.case.
Cat.catalogue or catalogues.
Caus.Causal.
cf.confer, compare.
ch.chapter.
cl.class.
Class.Classical.
col., cols.column, columns.
Comm.commentator or commentary.
comp.compound.
compar.comparative degree.
concl.conclusion.
Cond.Conditional.
conj.conjectural.
cons.consonant.
dat.dative case.
defect.defective.
Desid.Desiderative.
dimin.diminutive.
dram.dramatic language.
du.dual number.
ed.edition.
e.g.exempli gratia,'for example.'
Eng.English.
Ep. or ep.Epic.
esp.especially.
etym.etymology.
f.feminine.
fig.figuratively.
fr.from.
Fut. or fut.future.
fut.p. p.future passive participle.
g.ga&ndotblw;a.
Gaël.Gaëlic.
gen. genitive case.
gend.gender.
georn.geometry.
Germ.German.
Gk.Greek.
Goth.Gothic.
Gr.Grammar.
Hib.Hibernian or Irish.
Hind.Hindi.
ib.ibidem or 'in the same place or book or text' as the preceding.
ibc.in the beginning of a compound.
Icel.Icelandic.
id.idem or 'the same meaning as that of a preceding word.'
i.e.id est.
ifc.in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound.'
impers.impersonal or used impersonally.
impf.imperfect tense.
Impv.imperative.
ind.indeclinable.
inf.infinitive mood.
Inscr.Inscriptions.
instr.instrumental case.
Intens.Intensive.
interpol.interpolation.
Introd.Introduction.
Ion.Ionic.
irr.irregular.
L.lexicographers(i.e. a word or meaning which although given in native lexicons, has not yet been met with in any published text).
Lat.Latin.
lat.latitude.
Lett.Lettish.
lit.literally.
Lith.Lithuanian.
loc.locative case.
log.logic.
long.longitude.
m.masculine gender.
math.mathematics.
m.c.metri causa.
medic.medicine.
metron.metronymic.
mfn.masculine, feminine, and neuter oradjective.
Mod.modern.
MS., MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
myth.mythology.
N.Name(alsotitle or epithet).
n.neuter gender.
neg.negative.
Nom.Nominal verb.
nom.nominative case.
obs.obsolete.
onomat.onomatopoetic (i.e. formed from imitation of sounds).
opp. toopposed to.
opt.optative.
orig.originally.
Osset.Ossetic.
othersaccording to others.
P.Parasmai-pada.
p.page and participle (cf. p. p.).
parox.paroxytone.
part.participle.
partic.particular.
Pass.Passive voice.
patr.patronymic.
perh.perhaps.
Pers.Persian.
pers.person.
pf.perfect tense.
phil.philosophy.
pl.plural number.
poet.poetry or poetic.
Pot.Potential.
p. p.past participle.
Pr.proper.
Prāk. or Prākr.Prāk&rdotblw;it.
Prec.precative.
prec.preceding.
prep. and prepos.preposition.
pres.present tense.
priv.privative.
prob.probably.
pron.pronoun.
pronom.pronominal.
propar.proparoxytone.
Pruss.Prussian.
q.v.quod vide.
redupl.reduplicated.
Reflex.Reflexive or used reflexively.
rhet.rhetoric.
rt., rts.root, roots.
Russ.Russian.
RV.&Rdotblw;ig-veda.
Sax.Saxon.
sc.and scil.scilicet.
Sch. and Schol.Scholiast or Commentator.
Scot.Scotch or Highland-Scotch.
seq.sequens.
sev.several.
sing.singular.
Slav.Slavonic or Slavonian.
Subj.subjunctive.
subst.substantive.
suff.suffi‚˜D
superl.superlative degree.
surg.surgery.
s. v.sb voce, i.e. the word in the Sansk&rdotblw;it order.
Vārt. and Vārtt.Vārttika.
vb.verb.
Ved.Vedic or Veda.
v.l.varia lectio.
voc.vocative case.
vow.vowel.
wk.work.
w.r.wrong reading.
Zd.Zend.