"root" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the prototonic form (after two proclitics), the root was unstressed and thus the root vowel was also deleted, leaving only the first consonant.
- According to his own account, upon getting up one morning, he was puzzled by the question why the Gothic words fadar and broþar have different consonants after the root vowel.
- Second perfect, which adds no suffix, but may modify the root vowel (into the o-grade of Indo-European ablaut).
- Changes to the root vowel sometimes happen, as well.
- Third conjugation words ending in n, g, or k have a u for their past participles' root vowel.
- The nominative and accusative neuter singular ends in -t when the word's root vowel is short, and -tt when long.
- Preference was given to "broad" rather than "narrow" root vowels, e.g., "mellom" rather than "millom"
- The first assumption is that in pairs like bolbér/buélbe the root vowels were originally the same.
- Note that whether the root vowel is "closed" or "open" affects the conjugation of the verb.
- A final root vowel gets deleted before a suffix starting with a non-consonant.
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