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* [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022) | * [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022) | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eleison eleison] @ Wiktionary | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eleison eleison] @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us) | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elision elision] @ Wiktionary | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elision elision] @ Wiktionary | ||
## The deliberate omission of something. | |||
(linguistics) | |||
## The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe. | |||
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Revision as of 07:13, 31 August 2022
Context: "I found a Hebrew "expert" on the internet who said Adon was an acceptable variant of Adonai. I only wanted two syllables, so I went with it."
—Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)
Analysis
Adonai ... Adon ... perhaps confusion between "eleison" and "elision" ...?
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- [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022)
- The deliberate omission of something.
(linguistics)
- The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.