poedyvaet

[Jules Levin]

On 8/30/2012 5:04 PM, William Ryan wrote:
> Is поёдывает a facetious usage? Etymologically the ё should be é, as 
> in poéduet.
>
> Will Ryan

With the underlying phonological basis for distinguishing je and jat' 
lost, the alternation is purely morphological and irregular.   Note such 
"pairs" as /zhony/ ~ /zhenshchina/ [assuming the /n/ of the later is 
optionally unpalatalized].   I suspect for native speakers a sense of 
the style level of the word helps determine.  Is pojedyvaet colloquial? 
Or is it more likely in scientific/technical/philosophical writing?
Jules Levin
Los Angeles



>
> On 30/08/2012 14:23, Alina Israeli wrote:
>> поёдывает
>>
>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Gladney, Frank Y wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Russian speakers,
>>>
>>> Google.ru offers numerous attestations for the verb form _poedyvaet_ 
>>> 'eats'. How is the root vowel pronounced?
>>>
>>> Frank Y. Gladney
>> Alina Israeli
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>> LFS, American University
>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
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