aphesis

n. 词首非重读短元音的脱落

发音

其它 /ˈæ.fə.sɪs/

词形变化

apheses 复数 apheses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

    可数 不可数 语言学

    The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

omission deletion

词源

Attested since 1880. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπο- (apo-, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).

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