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cognacies

cognacies is the plural of cognacy.

Meaning of cognacy

Noun

cognacy (countable and uncountable, plural cognacies)

  1. The relationship between cognates; the condition of sharing a common ancestor term in another language.
    • First, in depending on vocabulary, as opposed to morphology or grammar, one runs the risk of assuming cognacy between similar words when the real explanation is borrowing.2000, Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse, African Languages: An Introduction, →ISBN, page 262
  2. The degree to which two languages share cognates, usually expressed as a percentage
    • In Table 13.1 are given the percentages for the degrees of cognacy between pairs of languages in the Upper Cross group.1988, Monday B. Abasiattai, Expanding frontiers of African history: the inter-disciplinary methodology, →ISBN, page 255

Questions about cognacies

What is cognacies the plural of?
Cognacies is the plural of cognacy.

Words near cognacies in the dictionary

  1. cogn. acc.
  2. cogn. obj.
  3. cognac
  4. cognac glass
  5. cognac glasses
  6. cognacies
  7. cognacs
  8. cognacy
  9. cognancy
  10. cognate
  11. cognate accusative

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