', ▁c ok k aka ▁' enter ' ▁▁ ▁In ▁some ▁ver bs , ▁the ▁final ▁con son ant ▁of ▁the ▁pen ult ▁is ▁dropped , ▁but ▁the ▁preceding ▁v owel ▁length ens ▁to ▁compens ate : ▁sal at li ▁" slide ", ▁s ala ali ▁' slide ▁repeatedly ' ▁n ok ti ł if ka ▁" cho ke ", ▁n ok ti ł i ika ▁' cho ke ▁repeatedly ' ▁ ▁French ▁Blo om field ▁described ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁dis fix ation ▁( which ▁he ▁called ▁minus ▁features ) ▁through ▁an ▁example ▁from ▁French ▁although ▁most ▁contemporary ▁anal ys es ▁find ▁this ▁example ▁to ▁be ▁in ade qu ate ▁because ▁the ▁mascul ine ▁forms ▁might ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁the ▁base ▁form ▁and ▁the ▁femin ine ▁forms ▁simply ▁as ▁supp let ives . ▁Though ▁not ▁product ive ▁like ▁Mus c oge an ▁and ▁therefore ▁not ▁true ▁dis fix ation , ▁some ▁French ▁pl ur als ▁are ▁anal ys ed ▁as ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁singular , ▁and ▁many ▁mascul ine ▁words ▁from ▁the ▁femin ine ▁by ▁dro pping ▁the ▁final ▁con son ant ▁and ▁making ▁some ▁generally ▁predict able ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁v owel : ▁ ▁Histor ically , ▁this ▁reflect s ▁that ▁the ▁mascul ine ▁was ▁once ▁pron ounced ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁femin ine , ▁and ▁the ▁femin ine ▁formed ▁by ▁adding ▁. ▁The ▁modern ▁situation ▁results ▁from ▁regular ▁ap oc ope ▁which ▁removed ▁a ▁con son ant ▁from ▁the ▁mascul ine ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁sch wa ▁of ▁the ▁femin ine .