Definition of Diptotes. Meaning of Diptotes. Synonyms of Diptotes

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Definition of Diptotes

Diptote
Diptote Dip"tote, n. [Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? falling, fr. ? to fall: cf. F. diptote.] (Gram.) A noun which has only two cases. --Andrews.

Meaning of Diptotes from wikipedia

- Arabic, sometimes -an is changed to a simple -a in pausa or spoken Arabic. Diptotes never take an alif ending in the written Arabic and are never pronounced...
- definite article ʼal triggers nunation in all nouns and substantives except diptotes (that is, derivations with only two cases in the indefinite state, -u in...
- Safaitic (ca. 3rd – 4th century AD) Triptote Diptote Dual Masculine plural Feminine plural Nominative ∅..الـ (ʾal-)...-∅ -∅ الـ)..ـَان) (ʾal-)...-ān الـ)...
- Nominal inflection Triptote Diptote Dual Plural Masculine Feminine Nominative -un -u -āni -ūna -ātun Accusative -an -a -ayni -īna -ātin Genitive -in...
- their inherent gender or the form of their plural. See discussion below.) Diptotes are declined exactly like regular triptotes other than in the singular...
- Proto-Arabic (unattested) Triptote Diptote Dual Plural Masculine Feminine Nominative -un -u -āni -ūna -ātun Accusative -an -a -ayni -īna -ātin Genitive...
- is a triptote (something rare in proper nouns, since they are usually diptotes). Qāriʾ Qira'at Quran reading Quranic punctuation Tarteel Tilawa Elocution...
- case but not for gender or number. Furthermore, elatives belong to the diptote declension. E.g. صغير ṣaghīr 'small' derives the elative أصغر ’aṣghar 'smaller'...
- always be written (except for words ending in tā’ marbūṭah, hamzah or diptotes) even if an is not. Grammatical cases and tanwīn endings in indefinite...
- represented by the QCT to have treated nouns ending with feminine -at as diptotes (without nunation) rather than the triptotic feminine endings spoken in...