iotation

English

Alternative forms

jotation

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

Noun

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

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A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Translations

specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic

Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije)

process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere

Belarusian: ётава́нне n (jotavánnje)
Breton: yotaerezh
Bulgarian: йота́ция f (jotácija)
Finnish: liudennus (fi), liudentuminen (fi)
Galician: iotización f
Italian: iotacismo m
Kashubian: jotacëjô
Polish: jotacyzacja f

Portuguese: iotacismo m
Russian: йота́ция (ru) f (jotácija), йоти́рование (ru) n (jotírovanije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јотовање n, јотација f

Roman: jotovanje n, jotacija (sh) f
Spanish: iotización f, yodización f
Ukrainian: йотува́ння n (jotuvánnja)

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