proclitic
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Noun[edit]
proclitic (plural proclitics)
- (linguistics) A clitic which phonetically joins with the following word. In English, the dialectal form t' is an example. In Arabic, conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as و (wa-), always attach as a prefix to the following word.
Translations[edit]
clitic which joins the following word
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