Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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obstruction

/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/ noun

Forms obstructions

  1. noun The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  2. noun Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally “The referee stopped play because of an obstruction by the defender.”
  3. noun The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Synonyms

hindrance obstacle impediment block impedance roadblock stop obstructor obstructer impedimenta blockage

Etymology

From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  2. noun That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.

Etymology [L.obstructio.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “obstruction”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “obstruction” (best matches first).

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