noun🔗ShareProthese, VorsatzThe prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Latin sphaera (expected form would be *sfera)."Linguists studying the word "escuela" in Spanish note that its origin in Latin *scola displays the phenomenon of prothesis, with the addition of the /e/ sound at the beginning. "Linguisten, die das spanische Wort „escuela“ untersuchen, stellen fest, dass sein Ursprung im lateinischen *scola das Phänomen der Prothese zeigt, mit dem Zusatz des /e/-Lautes am Anfang.languagelinguisticsgrammarphoneticswordstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareProthesis, VorbereitungA type of preparatory ceremony, part of the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church"Before the main service begins, the priest performs the prothesis, preparing the bread and wine for the Eucharist. "Bevor der Hauptgottesdienst beginnt, vollzieht der Priester die Prothesis und bereitet Brot und Wein für die Eucharistie vor.religionritualtheologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading