kataleksa

See also: akataleksą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈlɛk.sa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛksa
• Syllabification: ka‧ta‧lek‧sa

Noun

kataleksa f

1. (poetry, prosody) catalectic (a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot)

   Antonym: akataleksa

Declension

Declension of kataleksa

	singular
nominative	kataleksa
genitive	kataleksy
dative	kataleksie
accusative	kataleksę
instrumental	kataleksą
locative	kataleksie
vocative	katalekso

Derived terms

adjective

• katalektyczny

 

Further reading

• kataleksa in Polish dictionaries at PWN