In the Semitic languages, paragogic letters are added to the ordinary forms of words to express additional emphasis or a change in the meaning.
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Paragogic
Synonyms for "paragogic" (2 found)
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Finnish
1 entries- paragoginen adj (Translations)
French
1 entries- paragogique adj (Translations)
Italian
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Romanian
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Spanish
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The loss of final -n is irregular. We would rather expect *teón to develop into **θòno, with a paragogic vowel as in (Log.) sámbene' ‘blood’ < sanguen, nòmene ‘name’ < nōmen and báttoro ‘four’ < quatt(u)or.
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