Heteroclitic

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  • adj. In linguistics, particularly Indo-European Studies, signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include *wod-r/n- "water" (nominoaccusative *wódr; genitive *udnés; locative *udén) and *yékw-r/n- "liver" (nominoaccusative *yékwr, genitive *ikwnés). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.
  • n. A heteroclitic noun.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as heteroclite.
  • Word Usage
    "Thus, the heteroclitic verb car-tanaiy (present stem kunau, past stem kar- or car) had the past participle kr̥-ta-, which yields New Persian kard-an (present stem -kon-, past stem kard-)."
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    irregular    anomalous    abnormal