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heterocliticon

heterocliticon noun: in Indo-European linguistics, a term which is heteroclitic, i.e. which has different stem forms depending on grammatical case.

Noun

heterocliticon (plural heteroclitica)

  1. In Indo-European linguistics, a term which is heteroclitic, i.e. which has different stem forms depending on grammatical case.
    • Overall, this solution is more straightforward and eliminates the unnecessary denominative verb derived directly from the heterocliticon, which was previously posited by scholars. Concerning the semantics of the verb[…]2020 September 25, David Sasseville, Anatolian Verbal Stem Formation: Luwian, Lycian and Lydian, BRILL, →ISBN, page 192
    • An idea which he discusses, but ultimately does not accept, is that the heterogeneity is due to the word's having been an original r/n-heterocliticon (Darms 1978: 185; cf. more recently Kroonen 2013: 97). This might in fact explain the two Old Norse forms more easily, but fails to explain the...2024 July 23, Jared S. Klein, Arturas Ratkus, Studies in Gothic, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130

Forms of heterocliticon

pluralheteroclitica

Questions about heterocliticon

What does heterocliticon mean?
Heterocliticon means in Indo-European linguistics, a term which is heteroclitic, i.e. which has different stem forms depending on grammatical case.
What part of speech is heterocliticon?
Heterocliticon is a noun.
What is the plural of heterocliticon?
The plural of heterocliticon is heteroclitica.

Words near heterocliticon in the dictionary

  1. heteroclite
  2. heteroclites
  3. heteroclitic
  4. heteroclitical
  5. heterocliticity
  6. heterocliticon
  7. heteroclitics
  8. heteroclitous
  9. heteroclonal
  10. heteroclonality
  11. heterocluster

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