tempestsundered
The word 'tempest-sundered' is a compound adjective divided into five syllables: tem-pest-sun-der-ed. Primary stress falls on 'sun'. It's formed from the roots 'tempest' and 'sunder' with the past tense suffix '-ed'. Syllabification follows standard CVC and vowel-after-consonant rules.
Definitions
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the third syllable ('sun'), due to the compound structure and inherent stress of the root 'sunder'.
Syllables
tem — Closed syllable, onset 't', nucleus 'e', coda 'm'. pest — Closed syllable, onset 'p', nucleus 'e', coda 'st'. sun — Open syllable, onset 's', nucleus 'ʌ'. der — Open syllable, onset 'd', nucleus 'ə'. ed — Syllabic coda, representing the past tense marker
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CVC Rule
Consonant-Vowel-Consonant syllables are generally separated.
Vowel after Consonant Rule
A vowel following a consonant typically forms a new syllable.
Suffix Rule
Suffixes are often separated into their own syllables.
Hyphen Rule
Hyphens encourage syllable separation.
- The compound nature of the word influences stress placement.
- The '-ed' suffix is often reduced to /d/ in pronunciation.
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