Re: [tied] [j] v. [i]

On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 23:58:58 +0000, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
<jer@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>
>> I can't understand why Lith. has -ì in the adjectives (except
>those in
>> -iai), but -ai~ in the nouns (and -ie~ in the pronouns).
>
>Does it not look like analogy from the "soft" type, just as in many
>Slavic languages?

I'm not sure what Slavic forms you have in mind. The Lithuanian soft type
(so-called third declension) adjectives have their plural in -iai (e.g.
auksìniai). But isn't that just begging the question? How did *-j-oí
become *-j-oi~?

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...