English

Noun

syllabicity ‎(uncountable)

1. The property or status of (of a syllabic, generally a vowel) of being syllabic, i.e. able to be positioned in the syllable nuclei.

   The syllabicity of Proto-Indo-European syllabic sonorants *y and *w can easily be determined by a rule.

Derived terms

• ambisyllabicity