heteroclitic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English clitic English heteroclitic From hetero- + clitic.
Meanings
- Irregular in inflection.
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(Indo-European-studies) Signifying a nominal stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case, particularly in the suffix (such as between *-r̥- in the strong stem and *-n̥- in the weak stem).
The Proto-Indo-European term *wódr̥ (“water”) is typical of nouns with heteroclitic stems: the strong stem *wódr̥- occurs in the direct cases while the weak stem *wédn̥- is found instead in the oblique cases, hence the contrast between nominative *wódr̥ and genitive *wédn̥s.
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Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens.
[…] a heteroclitic response was never observed after the immunization with the deamidated peptide […]
2011, Eric J. Toone, Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology, page 300:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more heteroclitic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most heteroclitic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
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Translations (6)
ru разносклоняемый (irregular in inflection) · la heterocliticus (irregular in inflection) · la heteroclitus (irregular in inflection) · de heteroklitisch (irregular in inflection) · it eteroclito (irregular in inflection) · fr hétéroclite (irregular in inflection)