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Athematic vs Acrostatic - What's the difference?

athematic | acrostatic |

In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between athematic and acrostatic

is that athematic is (linguistics) of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root while acrostatic is (linguistics) in proto-indo-european athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.

As adjectives the difference between athematic and acrostatic

is that athematic is (linguistics) of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root while acrostatic is (linguistics) in proto-indo-european athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.

athematic

English

Adjective

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  • (linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.

    • acrostatic

    English

    Adjective

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  • (linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases.

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