mesoclisis

mesoclisis

English

Examples
Mesoclisis in the Portuguese language: darei (“I will give”) + lhe (“to him”) = dar-lhe-ei (“I will give (it) to him”)

Etymology

From meso- +‎ clisis; compare proclisis, enclisis.

Noun

mesoclisis (uncountable)

1. The insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).

Related terms

• mesoclitic

Translations

insertion of a clitic inside a word

Portuguese: mesóclise (pt) f