iotation

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History of Proto-Slavic § Iotation

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Alternative forms

• jotation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

Noun

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

1. (linguistics) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
2. (linguistics) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

   A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Derived terms

• iotated

Related terms

• yodization
• preiotation
• prejotation

Translations

specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic

Finnish: jotaatio Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije)

process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere

Belarusian: ётава́нне n (jotavánnje) Breton: yotaerezh Bulgarian: йота́ция f (jotácija) Finnish: liudennus (fi), liudentuminen (fi) Galician: iotización f Italian: iotacismo m Kashubian: jotacëjô Polish: jotacyzacja f Portuguese: iotacismo m Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: јотовање n, јотација f Roman: jotovanje n, jotacija (sh) f Spanish: iotización f, yodización f Ukrainian: йотува́ння n (jotuvánnja)