dwudziestodziewięcioletniej
Syllables
dwu-dzie-sto-dzie-wię-cio-le-tniej
Pronunciation
/dvud͡ʑɛɕˈtɔd͡ʑɛvʲɛ̃t͡ɕɔˈlɛtɲɛj/
Stress
00000010
Morphemes
dwu- + dziewięć + sto-letniej
The word 'dwudziestodziewięcioletniej' is a complex Polish adjective meaning 'twenty-nine-year-old'. It is syllabified according to Polish rules of onset maximization and penultimate stress. The word is composed of a numeral prefix, a root denoting 'nine', and several suffixes indicating age and grammatical case. The phonetic transcription reflects the complex consonant clusters and nasal vowel present in the word.
Definitions
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twenty-nine-year-old
twenty-nine-year-old
“Córka dwudziestodziewięcioletniej kobiety.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('le').
Syllables
dwu — Open syllable, initial consonant.. dzie — Open syllable, palatalized consonant onset.. sto — Open syllable, consonant cluster onset.. dzie — Open syllable, palatalized consonant onset.. wię — Nasalized vowel, open syllable.. cio — Open syllable, palatalized consonant onset.. le — Open syllable, simple structure, stressed.. tniej — Syllable with palatalized consonant onset.
Word Parts
Onset Maximization
Polish syllabification prioritizes forming syllables with maximal onsets (consonant clusters at the beginning of a syllable) whenever phonotactically permissible.
Penultimate Stress
Polish generally places stress on the penultimate syllable of a word.
- The word contains several complex consonant clusters, which are common in Polish and are handled by the onset maximization rule.
- The nasal vowel /ɛ̃/ in 'wię' is a characteristic feature of Polish phonology.
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