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Definition of Proclitic
1. a. Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent.
Definition of Proclitic
1. Noun. (linguistics) A clitic which phonetically joins with the following word. In English, the dialectal form t' is an example. In Arabic, conjunctions and prepositions that have only one letter, such as (Arab ?) (wa-), always attach as a prefix to the following word. ¹
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Definition of Proclitic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proclitic
Literary usage of Proclitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historical Syntax of the Atonic Personal Pronouns in Italian by Oliver Martin Johnston (1898)
"Constructions common to proclitic and enclitic position. vi = le: EEE, p. 274,
voleva la neve, ... proclitic ..."
2. A Short Comparative Grammar of English and German, as Traced Back to Their by Victor Henry (1894)
"The pronoun, when subject, is almost always proclitic upon the verb, unless the
speaker means to lay some stress upon the pronoun, a process which is ..."
3. Object-pronouns in Dependent Clauses by Winthrop Holt Chenery (1905)
"... in dependent clauses with the pronoun object following the exordium, precisely
because the pronouns have not lost their proclitic character and because ..."
4. The Elements of Greek: A First Book, with Grammar, Exercises, and by Francis Kingsley Ball (1902)
"Latin si. cts, proclitic prep, with A., into. Latin in with A. ; esoteric. 219,1,2.
ív, proclitic prep, with D., in. Latin in with ablative ; endogenous. ..."
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