rădăcinăneagră
Syllables
ră-dă-ci-nă-nea-gră
Pronunciation
/rə.də.t͡ʃi.nə ˈne̯a.ɡrə/
Stress
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Morphemes
rădăcin- + -ă
The word 'rădăcină-neagră' is divided into six syllables based on vowel breaks and onset maximization. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of each component word. The morphemic analysis reveals Latin origins for both 'rădăcină' and 'neagră'.
Definitions
- 1
Of the color black.
Black
“O mașină neagră.”
Stress pattern
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of each word: 'ci' in 'rădăcină' and 'nea' in 'neagră'
Syllables
ră — Open syllable, onset consonant 'r'. dă — Open syllable, onset consonant 'd'. ci — Closed syllable, palatalized consonant 'ci'. nă — Open syllable, onset consonant 'n'. nea — Open syllable, stressed. gră — Open syllable, onset consonant 'gr'
Onset Maximization
Consonants are assigned to the onset of the following syllable whenever possible.
Vowel Break
Each vowel generally forms a separate syllable.
Penultimate Stress
Stress falls on the penultimate syllable unless otherwise indicated.
Avoidance of Illegal Syllable Structures
Romanian avoids complex consonant clusters within syllables.
- The schwa sound /ə/ can be reduced in rapid speech. The hyphenated structure requires separate syllabification for each word.
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