paragogic, a. Gram.
(pærəˈgɒdʒɪk)
[ad. mod.L. paragōgic-us: see prec. and -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of paragoge; esp. of a sound or letter: Added to a word by paragoge.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Paragogic, in grammar, denotes something added to a word without adding any thing to the sense thereof... In the Hebrew the {hebhe} is frequently Paragogic. 1778 R. Lowth Transl. Isa. Notes (ed. 12) 291 These are infinitives with a paragogic {hebhe}. 1827 [see asyllabic a.]. 1837 G. Phillips Syriac Gram. 81 In the 3rd pers. plu. præt... Peal, some verbs take the paragogic forms. 1887 A. Morel-Fatio in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 349/2 The infinitives with r paragogic (viurer, seurer, plourer) are not used. 1968 W. S. Allen Vox Graeca iv. 95 Adding the so-called ν ἐϕελκυστικόν (alias ‘paragogic ν’). 1972 Language XLVIII. 35 The development of such ‘paragogic’ vowels is known also from Ukrainian and Czech dialects. 1975 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics XX. 61 Portuguese phonotactics generally does not tolerate word-final stops; thus, borrowed words ending in a stop receive a paragogic final e: time ‘team’, clube ‘club’, etc. |