Re: [tied] trzymac'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> It seems that Polish, like
> some other Slavic langauges, resisted contraction with a nasal vowel.
> However, it's a matter of relative preference, not an ironclad rule,

cf.

> regular contraction in feminine instr.sg.: *nogojoN, *dus^ejoN,
> *kostIjoN give <noga,>, <dusza,>, <kos'cia,>.

Incidentally, all these words are (c) and thus had the ictus on the
last syllable (*-oN) in Common Slavic -- exactly the case where
contraction is least likely:
*nogà (c), *nogojóN
*dus^à (c), *dus^ejóN
*ko``stI (c), *kostIjóN

Analogy on (a) and (b) words?

Sergei