That can be analyzed as light syllables changing to heavy under stress:
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If a word contains only light syllables, the first syllable is stressed.
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A masculine caesura can offset a hiatus, causing lengthening of an otherwise light syllable.
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However, morphemes with a sequence of at least two light syllables show contrasting stress patterns:
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A mora } } is the unit of which a light syllable contains one and a heavy syllable two.
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Secondary stress may also occur on word-initial light syllables without primary stress, but further research is required.
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Placing a light syllable suffix "-ta " " with " after a four syllable root shows shifting of primary stress:
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As the gemination itself required the consonant to be directly followed by, it therefore affected only light syllables; heavy syllables were not changed.
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Non-final syllables composed of just a consonant and a short vowel ( light syllables ) are very rare, generally in loans from Standard Arabic.
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Thus " n�wa " keeps its trochaic pattern with the addition of a single light syllable morpheme like "-ta " " in ":