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adjective
- (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
- yíªkwr- "liver" (nominoaccusative
- yíªkwr, genitive
- yekwnós). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.
Etymology: From Greek prefix hetero- "different" + clitic
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