{"id":1968,"date":"2014-04-02T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1968"},"modified":"2014-05-04T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T11:31:23","slug":"vowel-alternation-a%c9%aa-%c9%aa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=1968","title":{"rendered":"Vowel alternation: a\u026a ~ \u026a"},"content":{"rendered":"

The table below lists pairs of related words. Those in the left column have a letter <i> or <y> which represents the vowel a\u026a<\/span>. In the related word in the right column the vowel represented is \u026a<\/span>. There are many more pairs of words like this.<\/p>\n

Notice that the vowel alternations in these pairs are not <\/em>triggered by differences in stress. The alternating vowels are always in the syllable which bears the main stress of the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
a\u026a<\/td>\n\u026a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
apply<\/td>\napplicable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bile<\/td>\nbilious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
child<\/td>\nchildren<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christ<\/td>\nChristmas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
conspire<\/td>\nconspiracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
crime<\/td>\ncriminal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cycle<\/td>\ncyclical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
decisive<\/td>\ndecision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
define<\/td>\ndefinitive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
despise<\/td>\ndespicable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
divide<\/td>\ndivisible<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
divine<\/td>\ndivinity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ignite<\/td>\nignition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
line<\/td>\nlineage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
malign<\/td>\nmalignant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
precise<\/td>\nprecision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
private<\/td>\nprivacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rite<\/td>\nritual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sign<\/td>\nsignature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
type<\/td>\ntypical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vice<\/td>\nvicious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vile<\/td>\nvilify<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wild<\/td>\nwilderness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
wise<\/td>\nwisdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note:
\napplicable <\/em>can be pronounced as \u0259\u02c8pl\u026ak\u0259bl<\/span> or \u02c8\u00e6pl\u026ak\u0259bl<\/span>
\ncyclical <\/em>can be pronounced as \u02c8s\u026akl\u026akl<\/span> or \u02c8sa\u026akl\u026akl<\/span>
\nprivacy<\/em> can be pronounced as \u02c8pr\u026av\u0259si<\/span> or \u02c8pra\u026av\u0259si<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Thanks to Petr R\u00f6sel for comments on this tip.
\n2014_04_02
\nUpdated: 2014_05_04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The table below lists pairs of related words. Those in the left column have a letter <i> or <y> which represents the vowel a\u026a. In the related word in the right column the vowel represented is \u026a. There are many more pairs of words like this. Notice that the vowel alternations in these pairs are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":118,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2048,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions\/2048"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}