3. The feeble, faint, or slender i, accentless; as in divest, doctrinal, diversity.

The feeble or faint y, accentless; (like open e feeble;) as in cymar, cycloidal, mercy.

The dramatis personæ were divided into three classesthe inferior characters (nicha), who were said to speak Prákrit in a monotonous accentless tone of voice (anudáttoktyá); the middling (madhyama), and the superior (pradhána), who were said to speak Sanskrit with accent, emphasis, and expression (udáttoktyá).