单词 | anaptyctic |
释义 | anaptycticadj. Phonetics. Of a letter or sound (esp. a vowel) in a word: resulting from anaptyxis (anaptyxis n.). Also: relating to anaptyxis. ΚΠ 1880 A. S. Wilkins & E. B. England tr. G. Curtius Greek Verb xxiv. 548 In the case of κτανεῖν, α is developed as an anaptyctic vowel [Ger. anaptyktischer Vocal]. 1953 Archivum Linguisticum 5 83 The introduction of an anaptyctic vowel..is a logical step where contiguous consonants in zero grade forms..impede the speaker. 1965 Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 31 370/2 The modern uncertainty as to the timbre of the second vowel (isúbuse ~ isíbuse) may well reflect its anaptyctic origin. 2003 T. Oberlies in G. Cardona & D. Jain Indo-Aryan Langs. v. 167 The anaptyctic vowels—to give just one example—often do not count as far as the metre is concerned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1880 |
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