In linguistics , the ultima is the last syllable of a word, the penult is the next-to-last syllable, and the
antepenult is third-from-last
Kaynak: Ultima (linguistics)The penult follows the
antepenult and precedes the ultima . For example, the main stress falls on the penult in such English words as
Kaynak: PenultThey are called the ultima ("last"), penult ("almost last"), and
antepenult ("before the almost last. Length of accented vowel: The length of a
Kaynak: Ancient Greek accentdynamic and very weak stress placed on
antepenult imate syllable in words longer than two syllables and on penult imate in two syllable words.
Kaynak: ShairiIn polysyllabic words, the primary stress is assigned to the
antepenult (third from last) syllable, and the last syllable is assigned
Kaynak: Paumarí languageIn this lexical domain, stress occurs on the
antepenult if the penult is light and the
antepenult is heavy, and otherwise on the penult.
Kaynak: Turkish phonologyWhen the word has more than two syllables and the
antepenult is accented, the accent fluctuates between the
antepenult and the penult
Kaynak: Modern Greek grammaron the penult imate syllable when the syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong, otherwise the stress is on the
antepenult imate syllable
Kaynak: Syllable stress of Botanical LatinBertoldi & Terracini date May 2011 propose that the common suffix -ara (with stress on the
antepenult ) was a plural marker, and indicated
Kaynak: Paleo-Sardinian languageor diphthong or ending in a consonant), and on the
antepenult (third-to-last syllable) if the penult is "light" (ending with a short vowel.)
Kaynak: Dreimorengesetzfalls on the syllable before the last (the penult ), and proparoxytone if stress falls on the third syllable from the end (the
antepenult ).
Kaynak: Portuguese orthographyid dNkUAAAAYAAJ&vq Hyperides&pg PA673#v snippet&q Hyperides&f false 61 (
antepenult); John Hogg in The Gentleman's Magazine , 1857, p.
Kaynak: HypereidesFurthermore, Ionian is accented on the
antepenult (iˈoɲa | IPA), and Ionia on the penult (ioˈnia | IPA); also the proper adjective for
Kaynak: Ionian IslandsPolish the stress is almost always on the penult imate syllable; while in Macedonian it comes on the
antepenult (third syllable from the end).
Kaynak: Stress (linguistics)Modern Hebrew, however, has a moderate number of words which are neither milra nor mil‘el, but are stressed on the
antepenult or even
Kaynak: Modern Hebrew phonology