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degrammaticize

degrammaticize verb: synonym of degrammaticalize.

Verb

degrammaticize (third-person singular simple present degrammaticizes, present participle degrammaticizing, simple past and past participle degrammaticized)

  1. Synonym of degrammaticalize.
    • ... the new clusters, as in 21 d, but cannot affect stems followed by a pronominal suffix because of the continued intervening presence of the old short suffixal vowels, or their degrammaticized reflexes, in original word-internal positions.1988, Journal of Afroasiatic Languages
    • It seems more likely that the "vowel-final target" motivation conspired with an second motivation — possibly simply a tendency to make words bulkier by accruing a "degrammaticized" augment. Synchronically, the nominative suffix in Kayardild ...1995, Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 138

Synonyms of degrammaticize

Forms of degrammaticize

third-person singular presentdegrammaticizes
present participledegrammaticizing
past participledegrammaticized
pastdegrammaticized

Questions about degrammaticize

What does degrammaticize mean?
Degrammaticize means synonym of degrammaticalize.
What part of speech is degrammaticize?
Degrammaticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of degrammaticize?
The past tense of degrammaticize is degrammaticized.

Words near degrammaticize in the dictionary

  1. degrammaticalizations
  2. degrammaticalize
  3. degrammaticalized
  4. degrammaticalizes
  5. degrammaticalizing
  6. degrammaticize
  7. degrammaticized
  8. degrammaticizes
  9. degrammaticizing
  10. degrammatize
  11. degrammatized

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