penultimate+syllable

  • 1Penultimate — Pe*nul ti*mate, a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2Syllable stress of Botanical Latin — Syllable stress of botanical names varies with the language spoken by the person using the botanical name. In English speaking countries the Botanical Latin places syllable stress for botanical names derived from ancient Greek and Latin broadly… …

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  • 3penultimate — /pəˈnʌltəmət / (say puh nultuhmuht) adjective 1. next to the last: *Thus, Byabarra is, according to the A.B.C. Pronunciation Advisory Committee, pronounced with the stress on the penultimate syllable, By aBARa. –sidney j baker, 1966. 2. of the… …

  • 4penultimate — (adj.) 1670s, from earlier penultima (n.) the next to the last syllable of a word or verse, from fem. of Latin adj. penultimus next to last, from paene almost + ultimus final …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5Syllable weight — In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical poetry, both Greek and Latin, distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the… …

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  • 6penultimate — adj. & n. adj. last but one. n. 1 the last but one. 2 the last syllable but one. Etymology: L paenultimus f. paene almost + ultimus last, after ultimate …

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  • 7PROSODY, HEBREW — This article is a survey of the history of Hebrew poetic forms from the Bible to the present time. The entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction the variety of formal systems the specific nature of hebrew literary history …

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  • 8Choctaw language — Choctaw Chahta Spoken in United States Region Southeastern Oklahoma and east central Mississippi, and into Louisiana and Tennessee Native speakers …

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  • 9HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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  • 10MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …

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