English

Etymology

The Ancient Greek prefix + < {{term|synthesis|lang=la||collection, set, composition}} < Ancient Greek {{term|σύνθεσις||composition|lang=grc|sc=polytonic}} < {{term|συντίθημι||to put together, combine|sc=polytonic|lang=grc}} < {{term|συν-|sc=polytonic|lang=grc||together}} + {{term|τίθημι|sc=polytonic||to put, place|lang=grc}} < {{proto|Indo-European|dʰe-|to put, to do}}.

Adjective

1. said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where:
2. :* baataanitaaanishinaabemong = "being able to speak Ojibwe."
3. :* ngiinitaaozhibii'amaadimin = "we used to write to each other."

Translations

• Bulgarian: полисинтетичен (polisintetíčen)
• Catalan: polisintètic
• Danish: polysyntetisk
• Dutch: polysynthetisch
• Finnish:
• French: polysynthétique
• German: polysynthetisch
• Greek: πολυσυνθετικός (polysynthetikós)
• Italian: polisintetico

• Norwegian: polysyntetisk
• Polish: polisyntetyczny
• Portuguese: polisintético
• Russian: полисинтетический (polisintetíčeskij)
• Spanish: polisintético
• Swedish: polysyntetisk

Related terms

• agglutinative
• analytic
• fusional
• incorporating
• inflected
• isolating
• oligosynthetic
• polysynthesism
• synthetic

See also

• w:Polysynthetic language|Wikipedia article on Polysynthetic language

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