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zero endings

zero endings is the plural of zero ending.

Meaning of zero ending

Noun

zero ending (plural zero endings)

  1. The absence of an ending after a noun‐stem in a language in which endings are normally applied; often written as ∅.
    • The Polish word for "cat" is "kot". Its genitive form is "kota", which has the ending "–a". Because the nominative form consists of the stem without an ending, it can be said that "kot" has the zero ending. In a table listing the endings one could hence write: "Nominative: –∅, Genitive: –a".

Questions about zero endings

What is zero endings the plural of?
Zero endings is the plural of zero ending.

Words near zero endings in the dictionary

  1. zero derives
  2. zero deriving
  3. zero divisor
  4. zero divisors
  5. zero ending
  6. zero endings
  7. zero fighter
  8. zero fighters
  9. zero fucks given
  10. zero g
  11. zero gee

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