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Definition of Stem vowel
1. Noun. A vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stem Vowel
Literary usage of Stem vowel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"This is a partial assimilation of the stem vowel to the vowel in the following
... The stem vowel и was in an earlier period changed to o, when an a, e, ..."
2. An Elementary Grammar of the Greek Language: Containing a Series of Greek by Raphael Kühner (1846)
"The short stem-vowel of many verbs is lengthened in the Près. and Impf. ...
Change or Variation of the Stem-vowel. 1. The change or variation of the ..."
3. An Elementary Grammar of the Greek Language: Containing a Series of Greek by Raphael Kühner, Samuel Harvey Taylor (1853)
"The short stem-vowel of many verbs is lengthened in the Près and Impf. ...
Change or Variation of the Stem-vowel. 1. The change or variation of the ..."
4. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1886)
"The STEM-VOWEL a is generally weakened to i, sometimes to e: cadi, ... Some lengthen
the Stem-Vowel:s •gdj egl; " ag; " eg; to drive. ems, SmI; Stem, em; ..."