Trisyllabic Laxing

Trisyllabic laxing or trisyllabic shortening is a process in English whereby long diphthong sounds (said to be tense) become short monophthongs (lax) in word formation, normally in words of three syllables. Examples:
  • divine -> divinity
  • fragile -> fragility
  • nation -> national
  • private -> privacy (only in British English)
  • ratio -> rational

 

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