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Emphatic
Meaning
Adj
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Stated with conviction.
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In Grammar:
Belonging to a set of English
the
do + an
without to.
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In Phonology:
Belonging to a
of
in several Afro-Asiatic
that are
by a
(co-)articulation.
pharyngealized
in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic
, and Berber
ejective
in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic
, Chadic and Cushitic
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In Phonology:
Referring to the above
as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as
of /h/ and /ʔ/).
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Origin
emphatic
English
ἐμφατικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ἔμφασις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
ἐμφαίνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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