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| Comment | Post #277394 |
@curiousdannii: What evidence do *you* have that the etymologies given by Wikitionary are correct and not edited by someone who doesn't know anything about
Etymology? (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278105 |
[Here's](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-strange-case-of-timber-and-timbre#:~:text=The%20fact%20that%20timbre%20comes,%2C%20%5CTAM-bruh%5C.&text=In%20French%2C%20timbre%20became%20used,the%20bells%20of%20a%20carillon.) a good explanation of 'timbre'. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277928 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Which spelling -if any- of ar-Rahmaan is more correct "الرحمن" or "الرحمان"? I have a very little knowledge about Arabic but as far as I know, both spellings are correct and acceptable. Use whichever you want but be consistent. The short vertical stroke on top of meem is called dagger alif. The spelling with the dagger alif is commoner than the other one. However, the dagge... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277394 |
Post edited: I wrote <ou> but it didn't show up in the answer (censored or whatever) so I wrote \ with it. |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277394 |
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— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277394 |
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— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277394 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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A: Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"? Moshi has explained it excellently. In fact, Trisyllabic Laxing is the reason it happened. I'm going to explain it from another point of view. Pronounce is stressed on the second syllable. When the suffix -tion is appended to it, the primary stress moves to the syllable prior to the suffix -tion. ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277339 |
There were different symbols for the representation of pronunciation (same as IPA). (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277298 |
That's what I would say. But why the spelling changed? It could easily have been "pron**o**unciation" with the new pronunciation caused by Trisyllabic Laxing. Why did the O get removed? (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |