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spanick wrote: 14 Nov 2018 02:12 Next:
júredu
/ʒaurədʌ/
Does /ʒ/ derive from a velar stop in Classical Latin?
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Does it descend from a sonorant?
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shimobaatar wrote: 14 Nov 2018 14:42 Does it descend from a sonorant?
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/j/?
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shimobaatar wrote: 14 Nov 2018 17:06/j/?
Yes
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Did the word begin with <iu-> or <iū-> in Classical Latin?
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shimobaatar wrote: 14 Nov 2018 19:42 Did the word begin with <iu-> or <iū-> in Classical Latin?
Yes, <iū->
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Is it also used as an adjective?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Nov 2018 01:19 Is it also used as an adjective?
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Is it primarily an adjective?
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shimobaatar wrote: 15 Nov 2018 03:26 Is it primarily an adjective?
I'd say the uses are somewhat even but they (the noun usage and the adjective usage) would be translated rather differently in English.

It's even part of a stock phrase "eser del júredu" which while related to both other translations would still be translated differently in English.
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Does the /r/ come from Classical Latin <r>?
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shimobaatar wrote: 15 Nov 2018 13:10 Does the /r/ come from Classical Latin <r>?
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Did the stem in Classical Latin have any consonants that were lost?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Nov 2018 20:09 Did the stem in Classical Latin have any consonants that were lost?
No. No consonants have been lost in the stem.
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Does /d/ come from Latin /t/?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Nov 2018 20:31 Does /d/ come from Latin /t/?
Yes.
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Was the Classical Latin word it descends from used as both a noun and an adjective?
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GrandPiano wrote: 15 Nov 2018 21:56 Was the Classical Latin word it descends from used as both a noun and an adjective?
It could be, yes.
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As a noun, was it a second declension noun?
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