The loss of an initial, usually unstressed vowel, as in cute from acute.
[Greek, a release, from aphīenai, aphe-, to let go : apo-, apo- + hīenai, to send; see diesis.]
aphetic a·phet'ic (ə-fĕt'ĭk) adj.aphetically a·phet'i·cal·ly adv.
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n., pl. -ses (-sēz').
aphetically a·phet'i·cal·ly adv.
aphetically a·phet'i·cal·ly adv.
Poetry Glossary:
Aphesis
A form of aphæresis in which the syllable omitted is short and unaccented, as in round for around.
WordNet:
aphesis
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
Wikipedia:
aphesis
In phonetics, Aphaeresis /əˈfɪəɹəsɪs/ (Greek apo away, hairein to take) is the loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word; especially, the loss of an unstressed vowel.
Aphaeresis as a historical sound change
In historical phonetics, the term "aphaeresis" is often but not always limited to the loss of an unstressed vowel. (The OED names gives this particular kind of aphaeresis the name "aphesis" /ʼæfɪsɪs/.)
The loss of any sound
- English [k]nife pronounced ['naɪf]
- German [St]rand > Finnish ranta "beach"
The loss of an unstressed vowel
- Greek episkopos > Vulgar Latin [e]biscopu > English bishop
- English [a]cute > cute
- English [E]gyptian > Gyptian > Gypsy
- English [a]mend > mend
- English [e]scape + goat > scapegoat
- Old French evaniss- > English vanish
- English esquire > squire
Aphaeresis as a poetic device
- English it is > poetic 'tis
Aphaeresis in informal speech
- Spanish está > Rioplatense Spanish [e]tá > ta ("is")
- Japanese kowarete [i]ru > kowarete 'ru "it's broken"
- Norwegian [automo]bil > bil "car"
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