apocopate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
verb
  1. To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable.
  2. To undergo apocope.
noun
  1. A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.

Word forms

apocopate apocopates apocopating apocopated

Etymology

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

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