clitic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

/ˈklɪtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-clitic.wav

clitic clitics

From Ancient Greek κλιτικός (klitikós, “inflexional”).

enclisis endoclisis mesoclisis proclisis

autoclitic clitichood cliticization cliticize heteroclitic oikoclitic postclitic proclitic xenoclitic

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