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spirantal, a.|spaɪˈræntəl| [f. spirant n. + -al.] = spirant a.
1893J. Clark Man. Linguistics iii. 41, ki̯, ghi̯, ku̯i̯, ghu̯i̯ give for result a sort of geminated spirantal sound. 1928J. & E. M. Wright Elem. Middle English Gram. (ed. 2) vi. 131 The palatal spirantal element began to disappear in pronunciation from about the end of the fourteenth century in the south Midland and southern dialects. 1965[see Chipewyan]. |