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English
Etymology
Named after iotacism, shifting the pronunciation of the name of letter η (eta) from /ɛːta/ to /ita/ in Greek.
Noun
itacism (countable and uncountable, plural itacisms)
- Alternative form of iotacism
- Hodges and Farstad, Introduction to The Majority Text
- At 2:25 the family reading is αχρις ου ανοιξω , instead of αχρις ου αν ηξω . Not only is ανοιξω unintelligible here, but it is a transparent itacism οι for η.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French itacisme.
Noun
itacism n (uncountable)
- itacism
Declension
References
- itacism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN