anapest

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English

WOTD – 6 August 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos, “struck back, reversed”), from ἀνά (aná, “back”) + παίω (paíō, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ.nə.piːst/, /ˈæ.nə.pɛst/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧a‧pest

Noun

Examples (qualitative meter)
Examples (quantitative meter)
  • Latin pariēs (“wall”): pa-ri-ēs
Examples (phrase)

Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT! (Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!)

anapest (plural anapests)

  1. (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed.
  2. (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long.
  3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.

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Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ “anapæst” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary

Further reading

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)

  1. (prosody) anapest (metrical foot)

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

anapest m inan

  1. (poetry) anapest, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short or unstressed and one long or stressed
    • 1997, Jiří Fukač with Jiří Vysloužil and Petr Macek, Slovník české hudební kultury‎, Praha: Editio Supraphon, →ISBN, page 742:
      K nejfrekventovanějším stopám patří trochej (¯ ˘), jamb (˘ ¯), daktyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amfibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) a spondej (¯ ¯).
      Trochee (¯ ˘), iamb (˘ ¯), dactyl (¯ ˘ ˘), anapest (˘ ˘ ¯), amphibrach (˘ ¯ ˘) and spondee (¯ ¯) belong among the most frequented feet.
    • 2007, James Dickey, “Básník jde do sebe”, in Revolver revue‎, volumes 67–68, page 125:
      Jakmile jsem si vytvořil tento vztah ke zvuku, jazyku a námětu, okamžitě jsem viděl – lépe řečeno, okamžitě jsem slyšel –, že anapest nemusí pokaždé skončit jako monotónní, ucouraná, vlezlá odrhovačka na způsob básní Edgara Allana Poea, Roberta Service, Kiplinga a dalších.
      I saw at once—or rather I heard at once—when I began to have this kind of relationship to sound, language and subject, that the anapest needn't result in the monotonous, slugging, obtrusive singsong that it has in the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Service, Kipling, and others.

Declension

Declension of anapest (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative anapest anapesty
genitive anapestu anapestů
dative anapestu anapestům
accusative anapest anapesty
vocative anapeste anapesty
locative anapestu anapestech
instrumental anapestem anapesty

Derived terms

Further reading

  • anapest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • anapest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈpɛst/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ana‧pest
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

anapest m (plural anapesten)

  1. (prosody) anapest

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “anapest” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anapaestus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπαιστος (anápaistos). First attested in 1817.

Pronunciation

Noun

anapest m inan

  1. (prosody) anapest
    Synonym: antydaktyl

Declension

Declension of anapest
singular plural
nominative anapest anapesty
genitive anapestu anapestów
dative anapestowi anapestom
accusative anapest anapesty
instrumental anapestem anapestami
locative anapeście anapestach
vocative anapeście anapesty

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “anapest”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “anapest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Pamiętnik warszawski, czyli dziennik nauk i umieiętności‎ (in Polish), numbers no. 2, 5, 1817, page 157

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anapeste, from Latin anapaestus.

Pronunciation

Noun

anapest m (plural anapești)

  1. (prosody) anapest

Declension

Declension of anapest
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) anapest anapestul (niște) anapești anapeștii
genitive/dative (unui) anapest anapestului (unor) anapești anapeștilor
vocative anapestule anapeștilor

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

anapest m (Cyrillic spelling анапест)

  1. anapest
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