noun
definition
A consonant having a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.
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Examples of sibilants in a Sentence
As regards the dentals and sibilants there are one or two rules which govern the interchange, in the manner of a Grimm's Law.
Perhaps the most interesting of these consonantal interchanges is that occurring between n and the sibilants sh and z; ner = slier; na=za, which by some scholars has been declared to be phonetically impossible, but its existence is well established between the modern Chinese colloquial idioms. For example, Pekingese then, Hakka nyin, Fuchow niing, Ningpo zhing and nying, WOnchow zang and Hang all =" man."
Unfortunately, it is not clear how many sibilants were distinguished in Greek pronunciation, nor over what areas a particular pronunciation extended.
In the .consonantal system we col 1 struck by the abundance of sibilants (s and sh, in three forms modification, z and zh) and nasals (five in number), and by the rer mplete absence of 1.
The superfluous sibilants were also adapted in various ways (see below).
Usually th sounds are substituted for the sibilants.