• Proclitic

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

    Full definition of proclitic

    Noun

    proclitic

    (plural proclitics)
    1. (linguistics) A clitic which phonetically joins with the following word. In English, the dialectal form t' is an example. In Arabic, conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as Ùˆ, always attach as a prefix to the following word.

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