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e-grade
e-grade
English
Noun
e-grade (uncountable)
- (Indo-European linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterised by the presence of the */e/ phoneme.
- *bʰer- is the e-grade of the root meaning 'to carry, bear'.
Synonyms
- full grade