| 释义 |
‖ udātta, n.|uˈdaːttə|
[Skr., raised.]
The tone of the accented or main syllable of a word in Vedic Sanskrit. Also in extended use. Cf. svarita n.
1857Monier Williams Pract. Gram. Sanskrit Lang. (ed. 2) i. 17 The udátta and svarita are names for (so to speak) positive sounds, and the anudátta for negative. 1888J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann's Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Gmc. Lang. I. 538 The high tone was called udātta, that is, ‘raised’... Opposed to it was the anudātta, that is, ‘unraised’. 1916A. A. Macdonell Vedic Gram. for Students 448 But in the Rigveda the Udātta, the rising accent, has secondarily acquired a middle pitch. 1957New Oxf. Hist. Mus. I. iv. 200 The udâtta..is itself unmarked in the Vedic texts. 1980CIEFL Bull. XVI. i. 1 (heading) Falls and udattas in English intonation. Ibid. 2 In Northern English, the udātta is followed where possible by the svarita on the following syllable. |