Enclitic

Word ENCLITIC
Character 8
Hyphenation en clit ic
Pronunciations /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Enclitic"

What do we mean by enclitic?

A clitic that is attached to the end of another word. In Give 'em the works, the pronoun 'em is an enclitic. noun

A clitic. noun

Of or relating to an enclitic or enclisis; forming an accentual unit with the preceding word. adjective

Leaning on or against something else.

Specifically

In grammar, subjoined and accentually dependent: said of a word or particle which in regard to accent forms a part of a preceding word and is treated as if one with it, or gives up its separate accent, sometimes affecting that of its predecessor.

In obstetrics, opposed to synclitic (which see).

In grammar, a word accentually connected with a preceding word, as que (and) in Latin: arma virumque, arms and the man. noun

A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee). noun

Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word. adjective

A clitic which phonetically joins with the preceding word. In English, the possessive 's is an example. noun

Affixed phonetically. adjective

A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Enclitic

  • Antonyms for enclitic
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The word "enclitic" in example sentences

The "enclitic" neatly encapsulates Mosse’s thesis about the relations between originary languages and vernaculars, between primary languages and stranger idioms, between literary languages and invading languages, with "mixed jargons" and a changed "mother idiom" as a result. ❋ Unknown (2000)

No. 51; accent from "enclitic," § 3. 55. vii, 20. 56. ❋ James Strong (N/A)

NB: Avamshâm is avam "him" plus -shâm, which is a dative 3rd person plural enclitic pronoun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A characteristic trait of Danish and the rest of the Nordic languages is the presence of the enclitic definite article. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, an enclitic accusative demonstrative may still precede or follow an unmarked object and this is probably the most direct indication that accusative nouns are simply unmarked in that case. ❋ Unknown (2009)

MIE enclitic *mas regularly becomes *n̥s via Syncope, and was then later extended analogically as *nos by the time of PIE proper. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, like I said already, primary stress accent in Mid IE was much like in Polish and fell on the penultimate syllable (second-from-last syllable) by default unless a suffix was derived from an Old IE agglutinated enclitic in which case the antepenultimate (third-from-last syllable) was chosen. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Antepenultimate accentuation only ever surfaces in words with enclitic extensions like *-sa and *-ta. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, Latin had many words that are translated into English as or, including, besides the two listed, at least seu, sive and the enclitic ve. ❋ Jennings, Ray (2008)

A lovely analogy of such a thing is found in my native language Dutch; which has variant forms of most pronouns though they're all enclitic to the verb ❋ Unknown (2008)

The final enclitic here would then be Etruscan -cs, agreeing in case and gender with the noun "man". ❋ Unknown (2007)

The word or name sanχuneta is in fact in all likelihood two items: sanχune-ta "the sanχune" with trailing enclitic demonstrative -ta functioning as a definite article. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Keep in mind that in Etruscan, there is both a use of independent demonstratives which precede the noun, and enclitic ones which are attached to nouns as a suffix. ❋ Unknown (2007)

My brain doesn't register "-'s" as an enclitic at all due to the above mentioned facts. ❋ Unknown (2007)

(August 10/07) Stephen Carlson gives me the example of English's "genitive enclitic" (a common misnomer, but no matter). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Despite what you've heard, it's not a true enclitic and rather comes from an Indo-European suffix, *-os. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For the studious, the full noun phrase can be found in TLE 619, θaure lautneś-cle, where we can now properly see that locative enclitic -cle agrees in case and gender with the noun θaure which is declined in the locative as well. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Its meaning is unfortunately unknown but some have labeled it an enclitic demonstrative without substance to back it up. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So in theory, cei tleche Hanipalus would be a non-enclitic version and somewhat more archaic form of the example in TLE 890. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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