niedziewięćdziesięcioletniemu
Syllables
nie-dzie-wię-ćd-zie-się-ciolet-nie-mu
Pronunciation
/ɲɛd͡ʑɛvʲɛ̃t͡ɕd͡ʑɛɕɛ̃t͡ɕɔlɛtɲɛmu/
Stress
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Morphemes
nie- + dziewięćdziesiąt + -oletni-emu
The word 'niedziewięćdziesięcioletniemu' is a complex Polish adjective meaning 'to a ninety-year-old'. Syllabification follows Polish rules of onset maximization and avoiding stranded consonants, resulting in nine syllables. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. The word is morphologically composed of a negating prefix, a root denoting 'ninety', an adjectival suffix denoting age, and a dative case ending.
Definitions
- 1
Relating to a person who is ninety years old
to a ninety-year-old
“Podarowano prezent niedziewięćdziesięcioletniemu panu.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('ciolet').
Syllables
nie — Open syllable, unstressed.. dzie — Closed syllable, unstressed.. wię — Open syllable, unstressed, nasal vowel.. ćd — Closed syllable, unstressed, affricate.. zie — Closed syllable, unstressed.. się — Closed syllable, unstressed.. ciolet — Closed syllable, stressed.. nie — Open syllable, unstressed.. mu — Closed syllable, unstressed.
Word Parts
Onset Maximization
Polish favors maximizing the number of consonants in the onset of a syllable.
Avoid Stranded Consonants
Syllable division aims to avoid leaving single consonants at the beginning or end of a syllable when possible.
Affricate Treatment
Affricates (e.g., 'dz', 'ć') are treated as single units.
- The 'nie-' prefix can sometimes reduce to 'n-' in rapid speech.
- Regional variations in palatalization may occur.
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