enclitic

enclitic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”), from ἐγκλίνειν (enklínein, “lean on”), from ἐν (en, “upon”) + κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/

  Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

enclitic (plural enclitics)

1. (linguistics) A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.

   The English possessive 's is an enclitic.

Related terms

• clitic
• proclitic

Translations

clitic which joins with the preceding word

Arabic: (of pronouns) مُتَّصِل‎ (muttaṣil), مُحَاط‎ (muḥāṭ) Bulgarian: енклитика (bg) f (enklitika) Chinese: Mandarin: 附属字 (fùshǔzì) Danish: enklitikon n Dutch: encliticum n Finnish: liitepartikkeli (fi), enkliitti German: Enklitikon (de) n Hungarian: tapadószó, simulószó, enklitikum Icelandic: (suffixed word) viðskeytt orð n

Italian: enclitico (it) n Japanese: 前接語 (zensetsugo) Norwegian: Bokmål: enklitikon n Nynorsk: enklitikon n Polish: enklityka f Russian: энкли́тика (ru) f (enklítika) Serbo-Croatian: енклитика f (enklitika) Spanish: enclítico (es) Swedish: enklitikon n

Adjective

enclitic (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Affixed phonetically.

Translations

clitic which joins with the preceding word

Chinese: Mandarin: 附属的 (fùshǔde) Danish: enklitisk Dutch: enclitisch Finnish: enkliittinen French: enclitique (fr) German: enklitisch (de) Hungarian: enklitikus, simuló, tapadó (hu)

Icelandic: viðskeyttur Italian: enclitico (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: enklitisk Nynorsk: enklitisk Russian: энклити́ческий (ru) (enklitíčeskij) Swedish: enklitisk (sv)

Further reading

• clitic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia