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cobilița-ciobanului

Complete linguistic analysis including syllable division, pronunciation, morphology, and definitions.

8 syllables
19 characters
Romanian
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8syllables

cobilițaciobanului

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

co-bi-li-ța-cio-ba-nu-lui

Pronunciation

/ko.bi.li.ʦa t͡ʃjo.ba.nu.lui/

Stress

10010001

Morphemes

cobil/cioban + ița/ului

The word 'cobilița-ciobanului' is a compound noun syllabified into eight syllables: co-bi-li-ța-cio-ba-nu-lui. Stress falls on the 4th and 8th syllables. It's formed from two roots with suffixes, and its syllabification follows Romanian vowel peak and consonant cluster rules.

Definitions

noun
  1. 1

    The shepherd's flute; the flute played by the shepherd.

    Shepherd's flute

    Cânta frumos din cobilița-ciobanului.

    Sunetul cobiliței-ciobanului răsuna în vale.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the 4th syllable (ța) and the 8th syllable (lui). Romanian stress is generally penultimate within a word, but in compound words, it can be distributed.

Syllables

8
co/ko/
bi/bi/
li/li/
ța/ʦa/
cio/t͡ʃjo/
ba/ba/
nu/nu/
lui/lui/

co Open syllable, initial consonant.. bi Open syllable, initial consonant.. li Open syllable, initial consonant.. ța Closed syllable, affricate onset.. cio Open syllable, affricate onset.. ba Open syllable, initial consonant.. nu Open syllable, initial consonant.. lui Closed syllable, initial consonant.

Vowel Peak Principle

Each syllable contains a vowel sound.

Consonant Cluster Resolution

Consonant clusters are maintained unless they violate Romanian phonotactics.

Avoidance of Lone Consonants

Consonants are generally avoided as syllable-initial or syllable-final elements.

  • The affricate /ʦ/ is a characteristic sound of Romanian.
  • The hyphen connecting the two words does not alter the syllabification rules applied to each component.
  • Stress pattern can be complex in compound words.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/5/2025

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