Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

    йота́цияjotácija, йоти́рованиеjotírovanije

  2. (uncountable, usually)Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

    A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

    йота́цияjotácija, йоти́рованиеjotírovanije

    йотува́нняjotuvánnja

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere:
Русский
By meaning 1
specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

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Forms

plural: iotations
Singulariotation

uncountable

Word family

2 related words
Relatedyodization
Derivediotated

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
iotation — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto