sandhi
noun
morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The development of the plot is brought about through five divisions called the five sandhis.
From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by J. S. Zemin