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geminates

geminates is the plural of geminate.

geminates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of geminate.

Meaning of geminate

Noun

geminate (plural geminates)

  1. A doubled or repeated letter or speech sound.
    • The attested forms show variation in the unstressed vowels (Srd. lèppere, lèpporo, lèppore, léppuri etc.) but agree on the labial geminate. We can thus reconstruct *leppVr-.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 405

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Questions about geminates

What is geminates the plural of?
Geminates is the plural of geminate.

Words near geminates in the dictionary

  1. geminal diols
  2. geminally
  3. geminate
  4. geminated
  5. geminately
  6. geminates
  7. geminating
  8. geminatio vocalium
  9. gemination
  10. geminations
  11. geminative

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