apocopate

English

Etymology

From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).

Adjective

apocopate (not comparable)

1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
2. (grammar, Arabic language) jussive

Synonyms

• (shortened by apocope): apocopic, clipped, shortened, abbreviated

Translations

shortened by apocope

• French: apocopé (fr)
• German: apokopiert
• Italian: apocopato (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: apocopatus
• Portuguese: apocopado (pt)
• Spanish: apocopado (es)

Verb

1. (linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
   • 1904, Robert Sterling, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, →OCLC, page 229:

     The particles which apocopate the final vowel of the aorist are of two kinds: I. Those which apocopate the final vowel of one verb only. II. Those which apocopate the final vowel of two verbs.

2. (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.

Related terms

• apocopation
• apocope
• apocopic

Translations

shorten using apocope

• French: apocoper (fr)
• Italian: apocopare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: apocopar (pt)
• Spanish: apocopar (es)

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Italian

Verb

apocopate

1. second-person plural present indicative of apocopare
2. second-person plural imperative of apocopare
3. feminine plural of apocopato