Apophony
Translation of "apophony" into Russian
apophony
Nounapophony
apophonies pl
Used both countably and uncountably in linguistics.
термин лингвистики
Apophony can be observed in the verb paradigm sing–sang–sung.
Апофония наблюдается в парадигме глагола sing–sang–sung.
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звукочередование
лингв., описательный термин Definitions
apophony
NounA systematic alternation of sounds (especially vowels, but also consonants or tones) within a word to signal grammatical contrast such as tense, number, or part of speech.
The change from sing to sang to sung is an instance of apophony in English.