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.
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Translingual
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(
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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)
*
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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
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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
Related terms
* prosthesis
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(protheses)
a type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church
References