| 1. | /s / is a spirant with blade-alveolar groove articulation [ s ].
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| 2. | A later change fed by the spirant law was the disappearance of when followed by.
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| 3. | The Germanic spirant law, similarly, affected combinations of an obstruent followed by-t -.
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| 4. | The latter change was frequent in suffixes, and became a phonotactic restriction known as the Germanic spirant law.
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| 5. | A German influence could also be detected in the writing of the coronal spirant / s / as / sch /.
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| 6. | A few verbs form their past with irregularly because of an early Germanic development called the " Germanic spirant law ".
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| 7. | The spirant " s " was naturally voiceless in Common Eldarin, and tended to unvoice preceding consonants, including nasals.
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| 8. | Only when an / n / disappeared with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel did the spirant law itself result in vowel alternation.
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| 9. | It is closely related to Old Anglo-Frisian ( Old Frisian, Old English ), partially participating in the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law.
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| 10. | In these verbs, therefore, the participle suffix came into direct contact with the preceding consonant, triggering the spirant law in these verbs.
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