“00010110” Stress Pattern in Italian

The Italian word 'periodontopatie' (periodontal diseases) is divided into eight syllables: pe-ri-o-don-to-pa-ti-e. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. The word is morphologically composed of the prefix 'peri-', the root 'odont-', and the suffix '-opatie'. Syllabification follows standard Italian rules of vowel-initial and consonant-final syllables.