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palatalize
[pal-uh-tl-ahyz]
verb (used with object)
to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
verb (used without object)
(of a consonant) to undergo palatalization.
palatalize
/ ˈæəəˌɪ /
verb
(tr) to pronounce (a speech sound) with the blade of the tongue touching the palate
Other 51Թ Forms
- palatalization noun
- nonpalatalization noun
- ˌ貹ٲˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of palatalize1
Example Sentences
The ultimate origin of the word is obscure; the early forms appear with a palatalized initial letter, still surviving in such dialectical forms as “yate,” or in Scots “yett.”
In other dialects, however, it had been palatalized to a sibilant before i-sounds some time before the Christian era; e.g. in the Umbrian fa�ia = Latin facial.
This Lindelöf explains as due to the different quality of the h—in W. S. it was guttural, hence caused breaking; in Nhb. it was palatal and hence the preceding a was palatalized to æ.
Just to what extent g, c, sc were palatalized in O. Nhb. is not definitely known.
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