eclipsis
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
eclipsis (uncountable)
- (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase
- A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted
- (Irish grammar) A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.
Synonyms [edit]
- (mutation in Irish grammar): nasalization
Translations [edit]
References [edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933
Catalan [edit]
Verb [edit]
eclipsis
- Second-person singular present subjunctive form of eclipsar.
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ekleipsis, “absence, abandoning”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
eclīpsis (genitive eclīpsis); f, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eclīpsis | eclīpsēs |
| genitive | eclīpsis | eclīpsium |
| dative | eclīpsī | eclīpsibus |
| accusative | eclīpsem | eclīpsēs 1 |
| ablative | eclīpse | eclīpsibus |
| vocative | eclīpsis | eclīpsēs |
1 May also be eclīpsīs.
