măciucaciobanului
Syllables
mă-ci-u-ca-cio-ba-nu-lui
Pronunciation
/məˈt͡ʃjukə t͡ʃjoˈbanuluɪ/
Stress
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Morphemes
măciuc/cioban + -a/-ului
The compound noun 'măciuca-ciobanului' (the shepherd's crook) is syllabified based on vowel-initial rules and the treatment of 'ci' as a single phoneme. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'măciuca' and the first syllable of 'ciobanului'. The word consists of two morphemes: 'măciuca' (shepherd's crook) and 'ciobanului' (of the shepherd).
Definitions
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The shepherd's crook
The shepherd's crook
“Măciuca-ciobanului era făcută din lemn de tei.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress on the second syllable of 'măciuca' (/ˈt͡ʃjukə/) and secondary stress on the first syllable of 'ciobanului' (/t͡ʃjo/).
Syllables
mă — Open syllable, initial syllable. ci — Closed syllable, 'ci' cluster. u — Open syllable. ca — Open syllable. cio — Open syllable, 'ci' cluster. ba — Open syllable. nu — Open syllable. lui — Closed syllable, diphthong
Word Parts
Vowel-Initial Syllable
Every vowel generally begins a new syllable.
Consonant Cluster Rule
Consonant clusters are broken according to sonority hierarchy, but 'ci' is treated as a single phoneme /t͡ʃ/.
Compound Word Rule
Syllabification follows the individual components of the compound word.
- Pronunciation of 'ci' as /t͡ʃ/ before a vowel
- Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables
- Genitive ending '-ului'
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