Definition of Ablaut. Meaning of Ablaut. Synonyms of Ablaut

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Definition of Ablaut

Ablaut
Ablaut Ab"laut, n. [Ger., off-sound; ab off + laut sound.] (Philol.) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung. --Earle.

Meaning of Ablaut from wikipedia

- Latin characters. In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut (/ˈæblaʊt/ AB-lowt, from German Ablaut pronounced [ˈaplaʊt]) is a system of apophony (regular...
- In linguistics, apophony (also known as ablaut, (vowel) gradation, (vowel) mutation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation...
- (analogous to English child, child's, children, children's) as well as ablaut (vowel alterations, as preserved in English sing, sang, sung, song) and...
- as a/aŋ-ablaut, e-ablaut, and iŋ-ablaut respectively. Some words are ablauted by some and not others, like "gray" hóta or hótA. Ablaut always depends on...
- and exhibited a complex pattern of accent shifts and/or vowel changes (ablaut) among the different cases. Two declensions ended in a vowel (*-o/-e) and...
- comparative method. Extend the general occurrence of the Indo-European ablaut to syllables with reconstructed vowel phonemes other than *e or *o. In its...
- prefix, suffix, infix, cir****fix, and transfix), apophony (as Indo-European ablaut), or other modifications. For example, the Latin verb ducam, meaning "I...
- to a root and potentially changing the root's vowel in a process called ablaut. A root consists of a central vowel that is preceded and followed by at...
- class has suffix ṣṣā, with no ablaut. Most verbs in this class are causatives. V: This class has suffix ñ(ñ)ā, with no ablaut. Only a few verbs belong to...
- Indo-European studies, a thematic vowel or theme vowel is the vowel *e or *o from ablaut placed before the ending of a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word. Nouns, adjectives...