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Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian слабый (slabyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
slaaboi (comparative slaaboimp)
- weak
- (grammar) weak
- slaaboi steeppeni ― weak grade
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:nt sihalle tuli slaaboihe steeppenii nn.- In the place of nt, nn appears in the weak grade.
- (phonology) tertiary
- slaaboi paino ― tertiary stress
1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 11:Paino voip ollaa vahva, poolivahva, ja slaaboi, siis sitä voip sannoa i painottomaks.- Stress can be primary, secondary, and tertiary, thus this can also be called unstressed.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 534