These are the examples of back-mutation
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SAFAROVA MAHZUNA features of the ancient period of the the studying
i>io hira>hiora (heora)‘their’, sifon>siofon ‘seven’ e>eo herot>heorot ‘heart’ a>ea saru>searu ‘armour’ MUTATION BEFORE h There’s no satisfactory explanation for the essence of this type of mutation. This is an example of such a change. naht>neaht, nieht, niht, nyht ‘night’ It may be due to a palatal quality of the h or due to an i which was probably a case ending (падежное окончание) in the original type of declension (склонение) to which the word belonged. Lengthening took place in certain positions in the 9th century. 1. Vowels are lengthened before the clusters ld, nd, mb : cild>cī ld ‘child’ bindan>bī ndan ‘bind’ climban>clī mban ‘climb’ But if the cluster was followed by another consonant , lengthening did not take place, as in cildru ‘children’. LENGTHENING a) The vowels were lengthened when ʒ was lost before d,n. sæʒde>sǣ de ‘said’ mæʒden>mǣ den ‘maiden’ b) The vowels were lengthened when m,n were lost before f, s, Þ, h. bronhte>brō hte ‘brought’, finf>fī f ‘five’, uns>ū s ‘us’, onÞer>ō Þer ‘other’. LENGTHENING 3. Lengthening took place in case of contraction (стяжение). If, after a consonant had dropped, two vowels met inside a word , they usually contracted into one long vowel. ah+vowel>eah+vowel>ea slahan>sleahan>slēā h ‘slay’ (бить, избивать) eh, ih+vowel>eoh+vowel>eo sehan>seohan>sēō n ‘see’ oh+vowel>o fohan>fō n ‘catch’ Dostları ilə paylaş: