prothesis in Arabic
إِبْدَاء ʔibdāʔ
/ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/US/ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/
prothesis in Arabic: إِبْدَاء (ʔibdāʔ). In English, prothesis means the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
Arabic words for prothesis
- the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure
- إِبْدَاء ʔibdāʔ
English meaning of prothesis
- noun The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
- noun The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
- noun Credence table.
Synonyms of prothesis
- prosthesis
- proskomide
prothesis in other languages
Questions about prothesis in Arabic
- What is the meaning of prothesis in Arabic?
- Prothesis in Arabic is إِبْدَاء (ʔibdāʔ).
- ما معنى كلمة prothesis؟
- Prothesis: إِبْدَاء (ʔibdāʔ).
- What does prothesis mean in English?
- Prothesis means the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
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