vocalic
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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 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
When the word causing mutation ended in a vowel we get the vocalic mutation, called by Irish grammarians aspiration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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 Joseph Wright
The relations of grammar are thus expressed for the most part by changes of vocalic sound, just as in English the plural of "man" is denoted by a change in the vowel.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
