Editing Elision (section)

===Welsh===
Elision is a major feature of [[Welsh language|Welsh]], found commonly in verb forms, such as in the following examples:
*{{lang|cy|Ydych chi'n (chi yn) hoffi'r (hoffi yr) coffi?}} - 'Do you like the coffee?' (The definite article is always {{lang|cy|'r}} after a vowel even when the next word begins with a consonant, e.g. {{lang|cy|Mae'r gath yn sgramo}} - 'the cat is scratching', but {{lang|cy|y gath ddu}} - 'the black cat'.
*{{lang|cy|Ble mae'r (mae yr) dre?}} -  'Where is the town?'
*{{lang|cy|(Ry)dw i'n (i yn) darllen.}} - 'I am reading'

Elision of word-final {{lang|cy|-f}} is almost always found in [[Colloquial Welsh morphology|spoken Welsh]] to the point where the words are spelt with optional final {{lang|cy|-f}} in words like {{lang|cy|gorsa(f), pentre(f)}} and has been eradicated from the inflected prepositions: {{lang|cy|arna i}}, not *{{lang|cy|arnaf i}} - 'on me', etc. These always retain their final {{lang|cy|-f}} in the [[Literary Welsh morphology|literary register]], however.

Welsh also displays elision of initial syllables in singular/plural or collective/singulative pairs where the plural or singulative becomes longer than two syllables. This, however, is now restricted to specific nouns and is not productive. E.g. {{lang|cy|hosan / sanau}} - 'sock / socks' where the initial {{lang|cy|ho-}} has been lost in the plural; {{lang|cy|adar / deryn}} - 'birds / a bird' where the initial {{lang|cy|a-}} has been lost in the singulative.