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spinul-asinului

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

6 syllables
15 characters
Romanian
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6syllables

spinulasinului

Linguistic Analysis

Syllables

spi-nul-a-si-nu-lui

Pronunciation

/spiˈnul a.siˈnu.luɪ/

Stress

100010

Morphemes

spin, asin + -ul, -ului

The Romanian noun phrase 'spinul-asinului' (the thorn of the donkey) is syllabified as spi-nul-a-si-nu-lui, with primary stress on 'spinul'. It follows Romanian rules based on vowel nuclei and permissible consonant clusters, and is a compound word with Latin roots.

Definitions

noun phrase
  1. 1

    The thorn of the donkey

    The thorn of the donkey

    A căzut spinul-asinului în piciorul meu.

Stress pattern

Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of 'spinul' (spi-nul) and 'asinului' (a-si-nu-lui), but the overall stress is considered to be on the first element, 'spinul'.

Syllables

6
spi/spi/
nul/nul/
a/a/
si/si/
nu/nu/
lui/luɪ/

spi Open syllable, initial consonant cluster.. nul Closed syllable, ending in a nasal consonant.. a Open syllable, single vowel.. si Open syllable, single vowel.. nu Open syllable, single vowel.. lui Closed syllable, ending in a glide.

Vowel Nucleus

Each syllable must contain a vowel nucleus.

Consonant Clusters

Permissible consonant clusters are maintained within a syllable.

Stress Placement

Stress influences vowel quality but doesn't alter syllable boundaries.

Suffixes

Suffixes are generally treated as separate syllables if they contain a vowel.

  • Vowel reduction in unstressed syllables.
  • Compound word stress pattern.
Analysis by gemma3:27b · 6/9/2025

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