aphesis

Letters that make aphesis

s, a, e, p, h, i are letters that make 'aphesis'

Words within aphesis

he, si, He, pH, SI, sis, Es, Si are words within 'aphesis'


1 possible definitions for 'aphesis'

Aphesis as "the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'"

Under this definition, aphesis is a noun and has the following properties:

aphesis as a type

'aphesis' can be a type of omission, deletion.

Derivatives of aphesis

aphetic is a derivative of aphesis.



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