cornuldracului
Syllables
cor-nul-dra-cu-lui
Pronunciation
/kor.nul dra.ku.luj/
Stress
00000
Morphemes
corn/drac + -ul/-ului
The compound noun 'cornul-dracului' is syllabified based on vowel placement and permissible consonant clusters. It consists of 'cornul' (the horn) and 'dracului' (of the devil), with stress falling on the penultimate and antepenultimate syllables respectively. The word is a common figurative expression for something extremely difficult.
Definitions
- 1
The horn of the devil; a devil's horn. Often used figuratively to describe something particularly difficult or unpleasant.
The devil's horn
“A trecut prin cornul dracului.”
“Problema asta e un cornul dracului.”
Stress pattern
Stress is on the penultimate syllable of 'cornul' and the antepenultimate syllable of 'dracului', but in this case, the entire phrase is often spoken with relatively even stress.
Syllables
cor — Open syllable, vowel-final, unstressed.. nul — Closed syllable, consonant-final, unstressed.. dra — Open syllable, vowel-final, unstressed.. cu — Open syllable, vowel-final, unstressed.. lui — Closed syllable, consonant-final, unstressed.
Word Parts
Vowel-Centered Syllabification
Syllables are built around vowels.
Onset Maximization
Consonant clusters are maximized in the onset position if phonotactically allowed.
Suffix Syllabification
Suffixes are generally treated as separate syllables.
- The 'ul' ending is a common definite article suffix and is always treated as a separate syllable.
- The 'dr' cluster is a permissible onset and doesn't require syllable division within the cluster.
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