(linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word

plural of apocopation

(phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.

plural of apocope

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable.

Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable

(linguistics) To shorten using apocope; to remove the final sound or syllable. / (linguistics, intransitive) To undergo apocope.

A verb form of the prefix conjugation in Semitic which bears no final vowel and is considered the original perfective, but often called jussive mood.

present participle of apocopate

simple past tense and past participle of apocopate