aphesis

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, “letting go”), from ἀφίημι (aphíēmi), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + ἵημι (híēmi, “send forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.fə.sɪs/

Noun

aphesis (countable and uncountable, plural apheses)

1. (linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.

   The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis.

Synonyms

• procope

Antonyms

• prothesis (addition of the beginning of a word)
• apocope (omission at the end of a word)

Hypernyms

• apheresis

Related terms

• aphetic
• aphetism
• aphetize, aphetized

Translations

loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφεσις f (áphesis)

• Esperanto: aferezo
• French: aphérèse (fr) f
• Interlingua: apherese
• Italian: aferesi (it) f
• Japanese: 語頭母音消失 (gotō-boin shōshitsu)
• Portuguese: aférese (pt) f

See also

• English aphetic forms
• Aphetic forms by language

Anagrams

• saphies