double consonant

Doubled consonants do not occur at the start or end of words.

"We divide between the double consonants in that long one.

It keeps also the common use of double consonants.

Reduction of double consonants had apparently not yet occurred, but was about to occur.

Some examples of words that begin with double consonants are:

Also the double consonant before the ending becomes single.

Checked vowels remained short, including those that were followed by a doubled consonant.

Each of the doubled consonants must be pronounced separately.

Doubled consonants are both sounded clearly, unlike in English.

The double consonants in French orthography, however, are merely etymological.

Some linguists assert that almost half of the words in Georgian begin with double consonants.

The distinctions between single and doubled consonants that are present in Italian are recognized.

Mixed I-stems are indicated by the double consonant rule.

Note, however, that DD is a single letter, not a doubled consonant.

In practice a doubled consonant is often realized as a single sound pronounced in a prolonged manner.

Double consonants are pronounced as single consonants, except in compound words.

Grades are reduced for each forgotten accent, for each double consonant left single.

Many double consonants have become degeminated, though they are still written with two letters in the orthography.

This does not apply to common Israeli Hebrew transliteration, where there are no double consonants.

Although the lettering was similar to English, the words, loaded with double consonants and tricky-to- reproduce sounds, made no sense.

Double consonants are another tricky maneuver.

(2) The double consonant is made single if the ь is used.

Doubled consonants can show irregular stress.

Double consonants and double vowels also go a long way toward revealing a cryptogram's meaning.

Perhaps the double consonant gives the second 'u' that long ooo sound.