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ablauting en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɑbˌlaʊtˌɪŋ/
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) experiencing an ablaut
PIE nouns, adjectives, and verbs can be divided into two basic groups based on their inflectional patterns: those that had an ablauting short vowel, e or o (in shorthand -e/o-), directly before the inflectional endings (the case-endings in nouns or adjectives, the personal endings in verbs), and those with no such vowel.
2004, Benjamin W. Fortson, Indo-European language and culture, page 77:
ablauting en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɑbˌlaʊtˌɪŋ/
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Meanings
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(uncountable) the process of vowel turning into its ablaut variant
As an irregular verb, however, its past tense form is characterized by ablauting ('any vowel change that alternates') in which /e/ -> /o/ (/brek/ -> /brok/) and its past participle form is characterized by both ablauting and /(e)n/ addition.
2000, Richard V. Teschner, Eston Evans, Analyzing the grammar of English, page 48:
ablauting en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɑbˌlaʊtˌɪŋ/
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Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of ablaut