Word: enclitic
Category: enclitic
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Synonyms: enclitic
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: enclitic
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french
Translations:
enclitique
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russian
Translations:
энклитика, энклитический
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czech
Translations:
příklonka
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polish
Translations:
enklityka, enklityczny
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ukrainian
Translations:
енклітика
The meaning and "use of": enclitic
adjective
- denoting or relating to an enclitic word. - As in Edinburgh, the enclitic negative is nae, ny, as in cannae can't, dinnae don't, whereas other dialects have na.
- a word pronounced with so little emphasis that it is shortened and forms part of the preceding word, e.g., n't in can't. - With its multitude of vowels and complex systems of inflections and enclitics , Navajo is one of the most difficult languages in the world to learn.
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