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preiotation|priːaɪəʊˈteɪʃən|
[f. pre- A. 2 + iota (here standing for the palatal glide y) + -ation.]
In the Slavonic languages, the development of a palatal glide before a vowel. So preiotiˈzation; preiˈotized a., preceded by a palatal glide.
1877A. H. Keane tr. Hovelacque's Sci. of Lang. 281 The Lithuanian este becomes jeste in Church Slavonic; and this ‘prëiotation’, as it is technically called, is a leading feature of all the Slavonic tongues. 1883W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. i. 18 The difficulty of expressing the præiotised vowels is the same. 1887― in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 148/2 The addition of a y sound before vowels is one of the great characteristics of the Slavonic languages, called ‘præiotization’. 1959G. Nandriş Old Church Slavonic Gram. 6 The Glagolitic letters for preiotized ę and ǫ are ligatures. |