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accent adjectives Analogy appears aspirated becomes beginning beside broad changed coloured comparative compositional compounds consonants contracted developed diphthongs double dropped Dual eclipsis ending Examples Exception final syllables following syllable contained footnote forms future given gives Greek groups hence hiatus Imperative Indicative infixed influence initial instances interior intervocalic later lengthened loss lost masc mentioned neut neuter non-compositional compositional normal grade Note noun occasionally older originally palatal particles pass Passive Past perf Perfect pers Plural position preceded prepositions pres Present preserved pret Preterite Primitive proclitic pronouns reduplicated regular regularly remain resulting root rule Secondary short Singular sometimes stems stress subj Subjunctive suffix syncope takes place treated unaspirated unstressed verbs voiced vowel grade Welsh