heteroclitic

== English == === Etymology === From hetero- +‎ clitic. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === heteroclitic (comparative more heteroclitic, superlative most heteroclitic) (linguistics) Irregular in inflection. (Indo-European studies) Signifying a nominal stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case, particularly in the suffix (such as between *-r̥- in the strong stem and *-n̥- in the weak stem). The Proto-Indo-European term *wódr̥ (“water”) is typical of nouns with heteroclitic stems: the strong stem *wódr̥- occurs in the direct cases while the weak stem *wédn̥- is found instead in the oblique cases, hence the contrast between nominative *wódr̥ and genitive *wédn̥s. (microbiology) Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === heteroclitic (plural heteroclitics) A heteroclitic noun. ==== Related terms ==== heteroclisis heteroclite