A new sound law for some Croatian reflexes of the jat or...? Cover Image

Jedno novo pravilo za neke hrvatske odraze jata ili...?
A new sound law for some Croatian reflexes of the jat or...?

Author(s): Alemko Gluhak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo

Summary/Abstract: Croatian verbs djeti, sjesti, jesti, sresti, obresti, preti, vreti, zreti 1-2, mljeti, pljeti have masculine l-participles djeo, sjeo, jeo, sreo, obreo, preo, vreo, zreo, mljeo, pljeo; today, forms as dio, sio etc. are uncommon and rare. The author tries to explain the forms in -(j)eo. The most convincing explanation is: if a verbal root has je, re, lje (e, je < *\) with the + accent and only one consonant, then masculine l-participle ends with (j)eo, i. e. C(R)(j)Xti — C(r)(j)Xo, else the masculine l-participle ends with io, i. e. CC(R)(j)eti — CC(R)io (C consonant, R is r, l, lj).

  • Issue Year: 1997
  • Issue No: 43-44
  • Page Range: 83-90
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Croatian