Re: Slezan
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 26, 2004, 6:49 |
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On Saturday, January 24, 2004, at 07:58 PM, Andreas Johansson wrote:
[snip]
> Well, my Latin isn't that good. Lemme see ...
>
> vir > eir, assuming the 'i' is long, else _ir_.
It ain't - {i} is short.
> femina > fenin
>
> Iulius > Oulius (again assuming the vowel is long)
It is this time [ju:lIUs]
> benedictus > bdiktus
>
> incredibilis > dgzdbeilis, if the stress is where I think. Else
> _dgzd(e)ibilis_
Stress is on the antepenultimate/ 3rd last, i.e. on the {di}, despite the
vowel
being short.
Ray
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