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@greendog

greendogs are words that are seldom found in the wild, but are used in examples by grammarians.

When I say that a word is a greendog, using it is PC, but avoid using it anyway — search a dictionary for synonyms.

I try to use common words in examples whenever I can, but lots of rules have to use unusual words because they only apply to unusual words.

Examples of greendogs.

Grammarians say that dAman- दामन् "rope" can be f and when so it does not get /GI. They do not bother to tell you that when you mean "rope" you stand a better chance of being understood if you use rajju- रज्जुॱ f , pAza- पाशॱ m or even dAman- दामन् n .

The nounbase /pur- f "city" appears a lot on grammar examples, because it is an example of base ending in r र्. But it's not a common word at all. Use **pura- पुरॱ n or **nagara- नगरॱ n or nagarI- नगरीॱ f instead, unless metri causa. (If metri causa, /pur- is perfectly okay, even in proper names: replacing hastinapuram हस्तिनपुरम् with hastinapur हस्तिनपुर् is fine).

Coulson mentions a word dvAr- द्वार् n meaning door only because it is a base ending in Ar आर्. When you want to say door, dvAra- द्वारॱ n works fine.