pausal
/ˈpɔːzl/Linguistics
adjective
Of or relating to a pause in speech; specifically (in the grammar of Arabic, Hebrew, and other Semitic languages) designating the form which a word receives in pause, whereby, in certain cases, a vowel is changed (usually lengthened), or a weakened vowel reappears in full.
noun
A pausal form of a word. rare.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. From pause + -al.
- poison pen letter
- poison pill
- poison pill amendment
- poison plant
- poison register
- poison ring
- poison root
- poisons register
- poisons' register
- poison-thread
- poison-tipped
- poison tree
- poison vine
- poison-weed
- poisonwood
- poisony
- poissarde
- Poisson bracket
- Poisson-distributed
- Poisson distribution
- Poissonian
- Poisson law
- Poisson's equation
- Poisson, Siméon-Denis
- Poisson's law