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===[b]/[v] Alternation=== | ===[b]/[v] Alternation=== | ||
A less common alternation is that of ‹b› and ‹v›. This occurs specifically in inflections where some endings begin with ‹j› while others do not; for instance, the strong masculine ija-stem ending of nouns and adjectives. In this paradigm, the nominative, genitive, and accusative of the singular all have ‹v› from earlier ‹b› (because it is intervocalic), but the rest of the paradigm has ‹b›, because it was historically followed by ‹j›, which prevents the intervocalic shift. For example, the adjective ''drœ̄vis'' ‘muddy’ has the dative singular form ''drœ̄bia''. | |||
===Umlaut=== | ===Umlaut=== | ||