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s | prothesis |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun prothesis is

(linguistics) the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (nother), from (other) (“a whole nother thing”), or spanish esfera from latin or prothesis can be a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the divine liturgy of the eastern orthodox church.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    prothesis

    English

    Etymology 1

    . However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word ), which is instead the source of a different term – see , below.

    Noun

    (protheses)
  • (linguistics) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in (nother), from (other) (“a whole nother thing”), or Spanish esfera from Latin .
  • Synonyms
    * prosthesis
    Antonyms
    * aphesis

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (protheses)
  • a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
  • References