enclitic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”), from ἐγκλίνειν (enklínein, “lean on”), from ἐν (en, “upon”) + κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈklɪtɪk/, /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

enclitic (plural enclitics)

1. (linguistics) A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both.

   The English possessive 's is an enclitic.

Derived terms

• enclitically

Related terms

• clitic
• proclitic

Translations

clitic which joins with the preceding word

• Arabic: (of pronouns) مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil), مُحَاط (muḥāṭ)
• Asturian: enclíticu m
• Bulgarian: енклитика (bg) f (enklitika)
• Catalan: enclític (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附属字 (fùshǔzì)

• Danish: enklitikon n
• Dutch: encliticum n
• Finnish: liitepartikkeli (fi), enkliitti
• German: Enklitikon (de) n
• Greek: εγκλιτικό (el) (egklitikó)
• Hungarian: tapadószó, simulószó, enklitikum, tapadószócska
• Icelandic: (suffixed word) viðskeytt orð n
• Indonesian: enklitik (id)
• Italian: enclitico (it) n
• Japanese: 前接語 (zensetsugo)
• Latin: encliticum
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enklitikon n

  Nynorsk: enklitikon n

• Polish: enklityka (pl) f
• Russian: энкли́тика (ru) f (enklítika)
• Serbo-Croatian: енклитика f (enklitika)
• Sicilian: nclìticu m
• Spanish: enclítico (es) m
• Swedish: enklitikon n
• Welsh: enclitig m, gogwyddair enclitig m

Adjective

enclitic (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Affixed phonetically.

Translations

affixed phonetically

• Catalan: enclític (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附属的 (fùshǔde)

• Danish: enklitisk
• Dutch: enclitisch (nl)
• Finnish: enkliittinen
• French: enclitique (fr)
• German: enklitisch (de)
• Greek: εγκλιτικός (el) m (egklitikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἐγκλιτικός m (enklitikós)

• Hungarian: enklitikus, simuló (hu), tapadó (hu), csüggő
• Icelandic: viðskeyttur
• Italian: enclitico (it)
• Latin: encliticus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: enklitisk

  Nynorsk: enklitisk

• Occitan: enclitic
• Russian: энклити́ческий (ru) (enklitíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: enklitički m (enklìtički)
• Swedish: enklitisk (sv)
• Welsh: enclitig

Further reading

• clitic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lectinic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French enclitique, from Latin encliticus.

Adjective

enclitic m or n (feminine singular enclitică, masculine plural enclitici, feminine and neuter plural enclitice)

1. enclitic

Declension

Declension of enclitic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	enclitic		enclitică	enclitici	enclitice
	definite	encliticul		enclitica	encliticii	encliticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	enclitic		enclitice	enclitici	enclitice
	definite	encliticului		encliticei	encliticilor	encliticelor