abisselfa
abisselfa noun: the letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc.
Noun
abisselfa (plural abisselfas)
- The letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc.
- It dawned upon me that abisselfa was an English translation of a-per-se-a, a-by-itself-a. So also e-by-itself-e became ebisselfe. Similarly ibisselfi, obisselfo, ubisselfu. This nomenclature was confined to the vowels as being the only letters that could stand by themselves.1891, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
Forms of abisselfa
| plural | abisselfas |
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Origin of abisselfa
Condensed form of A by itself, A. Compare ampersand.
Questions about abisselfa
- What does abisselfa mean?
- Abisselfa means the letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc.
- What part of speech is abisselfa?
- Abisselfa is a noun.
- What is the plural of abisselfa?
- The plural of abisselfa is abisselfas.
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