primary stress

The acute accent is used to mark the primary stress of a word.

In words where the primary stress falls on the third syllable or later.

The primary stress of compound words is often placed on the ending.

Primary stress is found in words or compounds of three, six and five syllables.

The syllable immediately before the primary stress is never stressed.

Also, words with six syllables have primary stress on the first syllable.

The primary stress generally falls on the last syllable of a word.

If they are not written together, each part will naturally be read with primary stress, and the meaning of the compound is lost.

Words of one, two, or three syllables have primary stress on the first syllable.

Primary stress falls on the final syllable of the stem.

All words must have a single primary stress.

In the following data where primary stress appears it will be shown as an "acute accent."

In disyllabic words, the primary stress is placed on the final syllable.

In the examples given, which seem to be the most common, the primary stress is on the first syllable of the suffix.

Primary stress occurs on either the last or the next-to-last syllable of a word.

Some languages are described as having both primary stress and secondary stress.

Primary Stress- This falls on the first heavy syllable in any word.

Long syllables bear primary stress, and there is only one stressed syllable per word.

Secondary stress is dependent upon the placement of the primary stress.

Primary stress is distinctive and is indicated by an acute accent.

Only the first part has primary stress.

In general, though, the strong syllable in the third foot from the end of a word receives the primary stress.

Verb stems typically have primary stress on the ultimate syllable, as well.

When is primary stress placed on the first word of the compound and when on the second?

Stress marks show the location of primary stress in the suffixed form.