Re: [tied] Russian palatalization exception

It's accusative, thus an old jery (*-y). So there's no palatalization. It's
not an exception, it's quite regular.

Mate

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Culver" <crculver@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:08 AM
Subject: [tied] Russian palatalization exception


> How can we explain the failure of the velar to palatalize in Russian
> liturgical "vo veki vekov"? I would expect it to become "veci" just as
> "celovek" gives "celoveci".
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