Re: Being svejked

On 16 ago, 07:22, "Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sergey Soloukh wrote:
Hello Paul,

  Looks like I spotted a nice exception, I mean change of i not y to ej

Vozik - vozejk

Má ho jeden rezník ve Vrsovicích a on mu tahá vozejk, ten pes se, jak se
ríká, minul se svým povoláním

Take care,
Sergey Soloukh

Well spotted!

Yes, "vozejk" pronunciation is very common. I immediately thought
of some other examples, a common Czech "zejtra" and "zejtrek"
(zítra and zítrek = tomorrow, adverb and noun),
and "zejrat" (zírat = to stare, verb).

As far as I can see, it happens now and then only after "z",
and of course it still happens to long "í" only. Note, the "í" in your
"vozík" is also long. I would hazard a guess that the "ej"
pronunciation here is a late invention in the common speech
rather than a parallel evolution all the way from the Old Czech.

Or the orthography is hidding the etymology here, ever since Dobrovský
& comp.
replaced -cy- -zy- with -ci- -zi- regardless of etymology. Note that
this
change í->ej is present also in words like "cítit"->"cejtit"

(apologies if you see this twice, I have some problems with my
newsfeed)

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