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Nouns whose stems originally ended in a vowel belong to the vocalic or so-called strong declension.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
The relations of grammar are thus expressed for the most part by changes of vocalic sound, just as in English the plural of "man" is denoted by a change in the vowel.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Irish the initial mutations are only regularly denoted in the case of the vocalic mutation of c, p, t, s, f, and the nasal mutation of b, d, g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
All the Germanic languages were familiar with vocalic change as possessed of functional significance.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
When the word causing mutation ended in a vowel we get the vocalic mutation, called by Irish grammarians aspiration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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