vocalic

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In certain cases the north prefers the vocalic mutation where the west and south have the nasal, thus notably in the dative singular after preposition and article, e.g.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

The vocalic mutation of c, p, t, s, f was denoted by writing ch, ph, th, sh, fh, the first three symbols of which were derived from the Latin alphabet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Footnote 38: There are changes of accent and vocalic quantity in these forms as well, but the requirements of simplicity force us to neglect them.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Footnote 18: These may be also defined as free unvoiced breath with varying vocalic timbres.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Nouns whose stems originally ended in a vowel belong to the vocalic or so-called strong declension.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph