niedwudziestodziewioletnia
Syllables
nie-dwu-dzie-sto-dzie-wio-le-tni-a
Pronunciation
/ɲɛd‿vud͡ʑɛɕtɔd͡ʑɛvʲɛ̃t͡ɕɔˈlɛtɲa/
Stress
000000011
Morphemes
nie- + dwadzieścia + -letni-a
The word 'niedwudziestodziewięcioletnia' is a complex Polish adjective meaning 'nineteen-year-old'. Syllabification follows Polish rules of onset maximization and vowel-based division, resulting in nine syllables. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. The word is morphologically complex, built from a negating prefix, a numerical root, and age-denoting suffixes.
Definitions
- 1
Nineteen-year-old
Nineteen-year-old
“Była niedwudziestodziewięcioletnią studentką.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('a' in 'tni-a').
Syllables
nie — Open syllable, unstressed.. dwu — Open syllable, unstressed.. dzie — Open syllable, unstressed.. sto — Open syllable, unstressed.. dzie — Open syllable, unstressed.. wio — Open syllable, unstressed.. le — Open syllable, unstressed.. tni — Open syllable, unstressed.. a — Open syllable, stressed.
Word Parts
Onset Maximization
Polish prefers to include as many consonants as possible in the syllable onset.
Avoid Stranded Consonants
Consonants are generally not left as the sole element of a syllable.
Vowel-Based Division
Syllables are primarily divided around vowels.
- Consonant clusters are common in Polish and require careful handling during syllabification.
- The 'w' before 'd' can be elided in rapid speech, but is retained in the orthography and syllabification.
- Palatalized consonants are not broken across syllable boundaries.
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