Contraction

"Contraction" in cy

cyfangiad

(shortening of a muscle during its use)

cywasgiad

(process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme are reduced or lost)

cywasgiad

(shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark)

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