✶Ad. [ai]

✶Ad. [ai]
A diphthong produced from [i] via a-fortification, and otherwise by contact of vowels. When long (âi), the diphthong survived in Classical Adûnaic, but it become long [ē] when short (SD/422-3).

References ✧ SD/422-423

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

Ad. short diphthongs [ai] and [au] monophthongized to [ē] and [ō] ăĭ > ē ✧ SD/423 (ai > ē)