Definition of Paragogic letters. Meaning of Paragogic letters. Synonyms of Paragogic letters

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Definition of Paragogic letters

Paragogic letters
Paragogic Par`a*gog"ic, Paragogical Par`a*gog"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. paragogique.] Of, pertaining to, or constituting, a paragoge; added to the end of, or serving to lengthen, a word. Paragogic letters, in the Semitic languages, letters which are added to the ordinary forms of words, to express additional emphasis, or some change in the sense.

Meaning of Paragogic letters from wikipedia

- around the world (including English loanwords in ****anese), is to add a paragogic dummy vowel, as if the syllable coda were a second syllable: ha-fu for...
- conjectured that the imperfect can express modal quality through the paragogic nun added to certain imperfect forms. While often ****ure tense, it also...
- a short vowel), mies+ta → miestä (consonant stem), jousi+ta → jousta (paragogic i on a consonant stem). Elision of unstressed vowels (usually /ə/) is...
- orthographic sign of a nasal sound. Other consonants typically receive a paragogic -e in loanwords. Barranquenho a transitional Spanish–Portuguese dialect...