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anarthrous

Syllables: an·arth·rous/æˈnɑːθɹəs//æˈnɑɹθɹəs/

anarthrous adjective: not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).

Adjective

anarthrous (not comparable)

  1. Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
    • We have concluded that Paul does not distinguish between the arthrous and anarthrous use of nomos.1989, Brice L. Martin, Christ and the Law in Paul, Brill Archive, →ISBN, page 68
    • Proper names are usually anarthrous (since they need no article to be definite), except in cases of anaphora2009, Daniel B. Wallace, Granville Sharp's Canon and Its Kin: Semantics and Significance, →ISBN, page 252
  2. Not having a determiner.
    • Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
    • Meigret (1888), treats French P-D contractions as simple prepositions governing anarthrous objects. Associating determiners with NP, Abeillé et al. consider the determinerless objects to be instances of N'.2007, Michael T. Wescoat, “Preposition-determiner contractions: an analysis in optimality-theoretic lexical-functional grammar with lexical sharing”, in Proceedings of LFG07, retrieved 10 Oct 2013
  3. Not having joints.
  4. Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.

anarthrous meaning in Tamil

anarthrous in Tamil

கணுவற்ற, இணைப்பற்ற, சார்படையற்ற

Origin of anarthrous

From an- + arthrous, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint; grammatical article”).

Words formed from anarthrous

Questions about anarthrous

What does anarthrous mean?
Anarthrous means not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
What is anarthrous in Tamil?
Anarthrous in Tamil is கணுவற்ற, இணைப்பற்ற, சார்படையற்ற. See Anarthrous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anarthrous?
Anarthrous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce anarthrous?
Anarthrous is pronounced /æˈnɑːθɹəs/ (UK).

Words near anarthrous in the dictionary

  1. anarsa
  2. anarsas
  3. anarthria
  4. anarthric
  5. anarthritic
  6. anarthrous
  7. anarthrously
  8. anarthrousness
  9. anas
  10. anasarca
  11. anasarcas

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