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Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric provided by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest (the big picture) of rhetoric because of the trees (the hundreds of Greek and Latin terms naming figures of speech, etc.) within rheto...

|| On the affix ❛ARCH❜ and its derivatives ||

1. The Greek prefix ❛ˌARCH-❜ (meaning ❛chief❜, ❛original❜, ❛supreme❜, ❛extreme❜, ❛highest❜, ❛worst❜) is always pronounced /ɑ:(r)tʃ || আ:(র্)চ্/ as in ❛arch'bishop❜, ❛archduke❜, ❛arch-enemy❜, ❛arch-villain❜. ❛ARCHA-❜, ❛ARCHE-❜, and ❛ARCHI-❜ are corresponding combining forms, in which is always pronounced /k || ক/: ❛archaism❜, ❛archaeology❜, ❛archetype❜, ❛architect❜ ❛archives❜.

★The word ❛archangel❜ /'ɑ:(r)keɪndʒᵊl || 'আ:(র্)কেইন্.জ্ল্/ is an exception (with omission of the ❛i❜).

2. The Greek suffix ❛-ARCH❜ (❛chief❜, ❛ruler❜) is pronounced /ɑ:(r)k || আ:(র্)ক্/ as in ❛matriarch❜, ❛patriarch❜, ❛monarch❜ (/'mɒnək/ in RP); and its corresponding combining form ❛-ARCHY❜ (❛rule❜ or ❛system of government❜) is also pronounced /'ɑ:(r)ki || 'আ:(র্)কি/ as in ❛matriarchy❜, ❛patriarchy❜, ❛anarchy❜, ❛hierarchy❜, ❛oligarchy❜, ❛synarchy❜, ❛monarchy❜ (/'mɒnəki/ in RP).

Here the colon (:) after vowel sounds indicates length.

The Latin prefix ❛semi-❜ is pronounced /ˌsem.i || ˌসেমি-/ in General British and /ˌsem.aɪ || ˌসেমাই-/ in General American, and it means ❛half❜ or ❛partly❜. Other prefixes synonymous with it are French ❛demi-❜ /'demi || 'ডেমি/, Greek ❛hemi-❜ /'hemi || 'হেমি/, and Old English ❛half-❜ /hɑ:f || হা:ফ্̥/.

The three non-native ones combine in the word

/ˌhemɪˌdemɪˈsemɪˌkweɪvə/.

The five digits of the hand -- fingers (হাতের আঙুল; করাঙ্গুলি; অঙ্গুলি /ওংগুলি/):

1. Thumb /θʌm/ (pollex) (বৃদ্ধাঙ্গুলি; বৃদ্ধাঙ্গুষ্ঠ/অঙ্গুষ্ঠ ; বুড়ো আঙুল)

2. 'Index ˌfinger; ˈforeˌfinger; 'pointer finger (তর্জনী /তর্.জোনি/; প্রদর্শনী /প্রোদোর্.শোনি/)

3. ˌMiddle 'finger (মধ্যমা /মোদ্.ধোমা/; মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি)

4. ˈRing ˌfinger; wedding ring finger (অনামিকা আঙুল)

5. ˌLittle ˈfinger; auricular /ɔ:'rɪkjʊlə/ finger; pinky (কনিষ্ঠা /কোনিশ্.ঠা/; "কানি আঙুল"; কড়ে আঙুল /কোড়ে আঙুল্/)