different between nominoaccusative vs heteroclitic

nominoaccusative

English

Etymology

nomino- +? accusative

Adjective

nominoaccusative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to both the nominative and accusative cases at once, capable of conveying either the subject or direct object of the verb.

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heteroclitic

English

Etymology

hetero- +? clitic.

Adjective

heteroclitic (comparative more heteroclitic, superlative most heteroclitic)

  1. (linguistics) 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.
  2. (microbiology) Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens.

Related terms

  • heteroclite
  • heteroclitical

Translations

Noun

heteroclitic (plural heteroclitics)

  1. A heteroclitic noun.

Related terms

  • heteroclisis
  • heteroclite

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