akataleksa

See also: akataleksą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos). By surface analysis, a- + kataleksa. First attested in 1965.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ka.taˈlɛk.sa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛksa
  • Syllabification: a‧ka‧ta‧lek‧sa

Noun

akataleksa f

  1. (poetry, prosody) acatalectic (act of designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot)
    Antonym: kataleksa

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “akataleksa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Further reading

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