Dybo's law

proper noun

A law posited to explain the occurrence of nouns and verbs in Slavic languages that are invariantly accented on the inflectional ending.

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Dybo's rulepretonic shortening
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Indo European studiesA law posited to explain the occurrence of nouns and verbs in Slavic languages that are invariantly accented on the inflectional ending.
  2. Indo European studiesA proposed sound law for some branches of Indo-European which posits that long vowels (often reflecting a sequence of short vowel plus laryngeal) inherited from Proto-Indo-European were shortened when immediately preceding an accented syllable.

    Synonyms: Dybo's rule, pretonic shortening

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA proposed sound law for some branches of Indo-European which posits that long vowels (often reflecting a sequence of short vowel plus laryngeal) inherited from Proto-Indo-European were shortened when immediately preceding an accented syllable.

Similar
Dybo's rulepretonic shortening

Origin

Named after the Soviet accentologist Vladimir Dybo.

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Translations

Czech Dybův zákon
  • Dybův zákonTranslations
Portuguese lei de Dybo
  • lei de DyboTranslations
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Chicago

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