Definitions
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- noun linguistics A specific occurrence of
palatalization that occurred in theProto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant. - noun linguistics Any similar process occurring in a later
Slavic language or elsewhere.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta) + English -tion.
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