heteroclitic

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heteroclitic

adjective more heteroclitic · most heteroclitic

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.
Pertaining to antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens. […] a heteroclitic response was never observed after the immunization with the deamidated peptide […]

noun heteroclitics

A heteroclitic noun.

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adj irregular in inflection

Français	hétéroclite
Deutsch	heteroklitisch
Italiano	eteroclito
Русский	разносклоняемый raznosklonjajemyj

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@misc{heteroclitic_2026,
  title = {heteroclitic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heteroclitic},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}