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amphikinetic

amphikinetic adjective: having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (or first syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the case-ending in the weak case-forms.

Adjective

amphikinetic (not comparable)

  1. Having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (or first syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the case-ending in the weak case-forms.
    • The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘lake’ was amphikinetic: nominative singular *léy-mon-s, genitive *li-mn-és.
    • Amphikinetic ('both ends mobile'): the accent moves between the first syllable (root) and the case-markers.1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford University Press, page 279
  2. Relating to amphikinesis.

Examples of amphikinetic in a sentence

  • The amphikinetic type appears to be the most archaic; isolated examples survive only in Hittite and the Indo-Iranian languages.2006, Don Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European To Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press, page 45:
  • Yet another famous amphikinetic noun is the word for 'path', which will be discussed in §11.25.2010, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, pages 120-121:

Synonyms of amphikinetic

Origin of amphikinetic

From amphi- + kinetic.

Questions about amphikinetic

What does amphikinetic mean?
Amphikinetic means having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (or first syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the case-ending in the weak case-forms.
How do you use amphikinetic in a sentence?
The amphikinetic type appears to be the most archaic; isolated examples survive only in Hittite and the Indo-Iranian languages.
What part of speech is amphikinetic?
Amphikinetic is an adjective.

Words near amphikinetic in the dictionary

  1. amphigouri
  2. amphigynous
  3. amphihaline
  4. amphihaploid
  5. amphikinesis
  6. amphikinetic
  7. amphilepidid
  8. amphilepididan
  9. amphilepidids
  10. amphileptid
  11. amphileptids

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