mesoclisis

English

Examples

Mesoclisis in the Portuguese language:

darei (“I will give”) +
lhe (“to him”) =
dar-lhe-ei (“I will give (it) to him”)

Etymology

From meso- +‎ clisis; compare proclisis, enclisis.

Noun

mesoclisis (uncountable)

The insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).

Related terms

mesoclitic

Translations

insertion of a clitic inside a word

Portuguese: mesóclise (pt) f

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