Sounds and spelling 39 проїзд - проїзний passage - ticket (= adjectives with the root -їзд-) брязк - брязнути loud metallic sound - to fall noisily/metallically блиск - блиснути splendour/light - flash бризка - бризнути splash - to splash плюск - плюснути splashing - to splash писк - писнути squealing - to squeal тиск - тиснути press/throng - to press/squeeze тріск - тріснути cracking sound - to crack/split масло - масний butter - fat/greasy мисль - умисний thought/idea - intentional ремесло - ремісник trade - tradesman And note: серце - сердець heart (N.sg. - G.pl.) ченця - чернець monk (G.sg. - N.sg.) In the following words the letter т is written but not pronounced: шістнадцять sixteen шістдесят sixty шістсот six hundred This also happens in foreign words expanded by -ськ-, -ств- (the т is kept in the spelling, but not pronounced): студентський student (adj.) студентство students агентство agency There are also foreign words where the т is pronounced, though rather feebly, for example, аванпостний outpost (adj.) компостний compost (adj.) контрастний contrast(ing) (adj.) форпостний advance post (adj.) In such words there may be variation in spelling. And there are a few native words where т, к are both written and pronounced, for example, зап'ястний wrist (adj.) кістлявий bony пестливий soft, delicate хвастливий boastful тоскно sadly скнара miser випускний issue (adj.) (and other adjectives in -пуск-) брезкнути to become flabby
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