English
Etymology
From Greek prefix hetero- "different" + clitic
Adjective
heteroclitic
- Grammar In linguistics, particularly Proto-Indo-European studies: Signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include *wodr- "water" (nominoaccusative *wódr; genitive *wednós; locative *wedén) and *yêk<sup>w</sup>r- "liver" (nominoaccusative *yêk<sup>w</sup>r, genitive *yek<sup>w</sup>nós). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.
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