apheretic

• صفة تتعلق بالحذف أو الاختزال الصوتي في بداية الكلمة، أي إسقاط صوت أو مقطع من أولها، أو تتسم بذلك.

An obsolete adjective relating to or characterized by aphaeresis (the loss of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word).

1. Relating to aphaeresisC2formal

   Pertaining to or formed by aphaeresis, which is the loss of one or more sounds or letters from the beginning of a word.

   متعلق بالحذف من أول الكلمة

   • The word 'round' is an apheretic form of 'around'.
   • Linguists study apheretic processes in language evolution.
   • The apheretic shortening of 'because' to 'cause' is common in informal speech.

   المرادفاتaphaereticaphetic