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Classes: voiceless alveolar fricative consonant
Implicit classes: obstruent C
Features: -voice coronal -sonorant +continuant +strident

Related rules

Development: Sindarin

  • s-ns-ss: ns > ss
  • s-initial-s: s > es / #_[-sonorant,-continuant,-voice]
  • s-initial-s-unvoicing: sr > r̥ / #_, sl > l̥ / #_, sw > w̥ / #_
  • s-intervocalic-h: s > h / V_V
  • s-initial-s-before-spirants: s > ∅ / #_[+continuant,-strident,-voice]

    • Development: Quenya

  • q-initial-s-unvoicing: sr > r̥ / #_, sl > l̥ / #_, sw > w̥ / #_
  • q-medial-s: s > z / V_[+voice]
  • q-th-s: θ > s
    • Generated by yole/etymograph on Thu Sep 10 2026