Historical Dictionary
of Grammatical Terms online
of Grammatical Terms online
syllable
Language:
angielski
Quotations
The vowel ę is changed into ą when the consonant after it becomes final by the next syllable being cut off; as, gęba, 'the mouth', gąb, ‘of the mouths'.
In some substantives in the last syllable in the locative a and o are changed into e, as gniazdo, ‘ the nest,’ w gniezdie; siodło, ‘ the saddle,’ w siedle; jezioro, ‘ the lake,’ w jezierze; żelazo, ‘the iron,’ w żelazie.