postconsonantal

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ consonantal.

Adjective

postconsonantal (not comparable)

  1. Following or occurring after a consonant.
    • 1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity, page 86:
      […] -able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]
    • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 124:
      This reconstructed *fra/umíu could in turn go back to earlier *fla/umíu […] The distinction between postconsonantal -l- and -r- is only preserved in Baunei, for which this specific word is unfortunately not attested.

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