- Diptote
- Diptote Dip"tote, n. [Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? falling, fr. ? to fall: cf. F. diptote.] (Gram.) A noun which has only two cases. --Andrews. [1913 Webster]
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diptote — См. diptoto … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
diptote — /dip toht/, n. a substantive declined in only two cases, esp. when occurring in a language in which this is less than the normal number. [1605 15; < LL diptotos noun with only two cases < Gk, equiv. to di DI 1 + ptotos, verbid of píptein to fall; … Universalium
diptote — noun In grammar, a noun which has only two cases. In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes, diptotes or can be indeclinable … Wiktionary
diptote — (di pto t ) adj. Terme de grammaire. Qui n a que deux cas. Noms diptotes. ÉTYMOLOGIE Termes grecs signifiant deux et finale, chute … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
diptote — dip·tote … English syllables
diptote — n. Grammar, noun with two cases only … Dictionary of difficult words
diptote — … Useful english dictionary
diptoto — (двупадежный, диптот | diptote | diptotisches, diptotisches Wort | diptote | diptoto) Термин, употребляемый для обозначения таких существительных, склонение которых имеет только два падежа (гр. di ptôtos) … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
Nunation — In some Semitic languages, notably Arabic, nunation (Arabic: تنوين tanwīn) is the addition of a final nun to a noun or adjective to indicate that it is fully declinable and syntactically unmarked for definiteness. Symbol ـٌ … Wikipedia
triptote — ˈtripˌtōt noun ( s) Etymology: Late Latin triptoton, from Late Greek triptōton, neuter of triptōtos having only three cases, from Greek tri three + ptōtos (from piptein to fall, influenced in meaning by Greek ptōsis case, fall) more at tri ,… … Useful english dictionary
