1. /s / is a spirant with blade-alveolar groove articulation [ s ]. 2. A later change fed by the spirant law was the disappearance of when followed by. 3. The Germanic spirant law, similarly, affected combinations of an obstruent followed by-t -. 4. The latter change was frequent in suffixes, and became a phonotactic restriction known as the Germanic spirant law. 5. A German influence could also be detected in the writing of the coronal spirant / s / as / sch /. 6. A few verbs form their past with irregularly because of an early Germanic development called the " Germanic spirant law ". 7. The spirant " s " was naturally voiceless in Common Eldarin, and tended to unvoice preceding consonants, including nasals. 8. Only when an / n / disappeared with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel did the spirant law itself result in vowel alternation. 9. It is closely related to Old Anglo-Frisian ( Old Frisian, Old English ), partially participating in the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law. 10. In these verbs, therefore, the participle suffix came into direct contact with the preceding consonant, triggering the spirant law in these verbs.
