șoarecedeapă
The compound noun 'șoarece-de-apă' (water vole) is syllabified based on Romanian's preference for open syllables and vowel-consonant patterns. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable. The word is composed of three roots: 'șoarece' (mouse), 'de' (of), and 'apă' (water).
Definitions
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A semi-aquatic rodent of the family Cricetidae.
Water vole
“Șoarecele-de-apă trăiește în apropierea apelor.”
“Am văzut un șoarece-de-apă înotând în lac.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable ('re' in 'șo-a-re-ce').
Syllables
șo — Open syllable, initial syllable of the compound.. a — Open syllable, vowel only.. re — Open syllable, vowel followed by consonant.. ce — Open syllable, consonant followed by vowel.. de — Open syllable, preposition.. a — Open syllable, vowel only.. pă — Open syllable, final syllable of the compound.
Open Syllable Preference
Romanian favors syllables ending in vowels.
Vowel-Consonant Pattern
Syllables are often formed around vowel-consonant sequences.
Consonant-Vowel Pattern
Syllables can also be formed around consonant-vowel sequences.
- Palatalization of consonants affects pronunciation but not syllabification.
- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables is a phonetic, not syllabic, phenomenon.
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