Lleis fonètiques · Llei 15 · Grups consonàntics

CT

De moment, les explicacions d’aquesta secció són en anglès; els exemples són en totes les llengües.

Espanyol

ch [tʃ]

Francès

it (i + t)

Italià

Portuguès

it (i + t)

Romanès

Català

it, t (the i absorbed by the vowel: nit, fet)

Què va passar

In the western half of the Romance world, the k of CT weakened to a palatal glide [j], giving it. Spanish then fused i + t into the affricate ch; French and Portuguese kept the i as part of a vowel or diphthong (nuit, noite; lait, leite), and Catalan mostly absorbed it into the vowel (nit, fet). Italian took the other road and assimilated k to the t, giving a double tt. Romanian turned the k into a lip consonant: CT → pt (see velar-to-labial).

Exemples

Llatí	Italià	Espanyol	Francès	Portuguès	Romanès	Català	Parent anglès
NOCTEM‘night’	notte	noche	nuit	noite	noapte	nit	nocturnal
OCTŌ‘eight’	otto	ocho	huit	oito	opt	vuit	octave
LACTEM (classical LAC)‘milk’	latte	leche	lait	leite	lapte	llet	lactose
FACTUM‘done, deed’	fatto	hecho	fait	feito	fapt	fet	fact
TĒCTUM‘roof’	tetto	techo	toit	teto	—	—
LECTUM‘bed’	letto	lecho	lit	leito	—	llit

Descodificador

Spanish ch = Italian tt = French and Portuguese it = Romanian pt: noche, notte, nuit, noite, noapte; ocho, otto, huit, oito, opt. English often shows the original ct: nocturnal, octave, fact.

Excepcions

Learned words keep ct (or c) everywhere: nocturno, lácteo, acto; nocturne, lactique; notturno, lattico. Spanish lecho and Portuguese leito are now literary for 'bed' (cama is everyday). Portuguese teto (older tecto) has lost the i after e; Romanian fapt is a noun, 'fact, deed'.

Mira com passa: NOCTEM

Què va passar

Exemples

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