athematic

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ thematic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

athematic (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
    • 2017 -, Mate Kapović, Anna Giacalone Ramat, Paolo Ramat, The Indo-European Languages, →ISBN:
      Celtic tended to thematicize athematic verbs and to generalize a single grade of ablaut, usually the zero grade of the plural:...

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