athematic

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Rukhabot (talk | contribs) as of 18:10, 9 November 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

a- +‎ thematic

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌæθiːˈmætɪk/

Adjective

athematic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
    • 2017 -, Mate Kapović, ‎Anna Giacalone Ramat, ‎Paolo Ramat, The Indo-European Languages, →ISBN:
      Celtic tended to thematicize athematic verbs and to generalize a single grade of ablaut, usually the zero grade of the plural:...

Translations