Definition of Enclitic. Meaning of Enclitic. Synonyms of Enclitic

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Definition of Enclitic

Enclitic
Enclitic En*clit"ic, Enclitical En*clit"ic*al, a. [L. encliticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to incline; ? in + ? to bend. See In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) 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.
Enclitic
Enclitic En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Meaning of Enclitic from wikipedia

- (/ˈklɪtɪk/ KLIT-ik, backformed from Gr**** ἐγκλιτικός enklitikós "leaning" or "en****ic") is a morpheme that has syntactic characteristics of a word, but depends...
- colloquial varieties that still possess separate feminine plural pronouns. The en****ic forms of personal pronouns (اَلضَّمَائِر الْمُتَّصِلَة aḍ-ḍamā’ir al-muttaṣilah)...
- "it's mine", from mitȟáwa. The plural en****ic =pi is frequently changed in rapid speech when preceding the en****ics =kte, =kiŋ, =kštó, or =na. If the vowel...
- possessive en****ic can, in cases which do not lead to ambiguity, follow the entire noun phrase, as in The President of India's wife, where the en****ic follows...
- also be used en****ically when they are unemphatic (see below under En****ics), in which case they are written without accents. When en****ic, ἐμέ emé, ἐμοῦ...
- number and gender. There are two varieties, independent pronouns and en****ics. En****ic pronouns are attached to the end of a verb, noun or preposition and...
- Norwegian the preposed and the en****ic article occur together (e.g. det store huset), whereas in Danish the en****ic article is replaced by the preposed...
- 'then'. Two en****ics can occur after each other, in which case the 1st person en****ic comes first, and in the absence of such, the en****ic denoting the...
- Independent personal pronouns in Akkadian are as follows: Suffixed (or en****ic) pronouns (mainly denoting the genitive, accusative and dative) are as...
- Verb forms can also take other en****ic suffixes; see the section En****ic particles below. For a list of the en****ics that mark the person and number...