hysterokinetic

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English

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Etymology

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From hystero- +‎ kinetic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhɪstəɹəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk/

Adjective

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hysterokinetic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of Indo-European nouns, characterised by having an accent on the suffix in strong cases, which shifts to the ending in weak cases.
    The PIE word for ‘father’ was hysterokinetic: nominative singular *ph₂-tér-s, genitive *ph₂-tr-és.

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