vocalic

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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

The vocalic mutation of initial g in Breton is c’h.

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

In Goidelic, we find two mutations, the vocalic and the nasal.

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

A final w is vocalic, as in 'few.'

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

In Hebrew, as we have seen, vocalic change is of even greater significance than in English.

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