grammatic

English

Etymology

From Latin grammaticus. Compare Old English grammatiċ.

Adjective

grammatic (comparative more grammatic, superlative most grammatic)

1. grammatical

Old English

Etymology

Like Old High German gramatich, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Compare English grammatic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑm.mɑ.tit͡ʃ/

Adjective

grammatiċ

1. grammatical, of grammar

Declension

Declension of grammatiċ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grammatiċ	grammatiċ	grammatiċ
Accusative	grammaticne	grammatiċe	grammatiċ
Genitive	grammatiċes	grammaticre	grammatiċes
Dative	grammatiċum	grammaticre	grammatiċum
Instrumental	grammatiċe	grammaticre	grammatiċe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grammatiċe	grammatiċa, grammatiċe	grammatiċ
Accusative	grammatiċe	grammatiċa, grammatiċe	grammatiċ
Genitive	grammaticra	grammaticra	grammaticra
Dative	grammatiċum	grammatiċum	grammatiċum
Instrumental	grammatiċum	grammatiċum	grammatiċum

Declension of grammatiċ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grammatiċa	grammatiċe	grammatiċe
Accusative	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċe
Genitive	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċan
Dative	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċan
Instrumental	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċan
Accusative	grammatiċan	grammatiċan	grammatiċan
Genitive	grammaticra, grammatiċena	grammaticra, grammatiċena	grammaticra, grammatiċena
Dative	grammatiċum	grammatiċum	grammatiċum
Instrumental	grammatiċum	grammatiċum	grammatiċum

Related terms

• grammatisċ (“grammatical”)
• grammatiċere (“grammarian”)
• grammatiċcræft (“grammar”)
• grammatisċcræft (“grammar”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grammatiċ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.