dialectism

English

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
▲
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
Proto-Hellenic *légō
Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)
Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor.
Latin dialectoslbor.
Middle French dialectebor.
English dialect
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.
English -ism
English dialectism

    From dialect + -ism.

    Noun

    dialectism (plural dialectisms)

    1. (linguistics, rhetoric) Synonym of dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase).
      • 1972, Williem Frederik Bakker, Arnold F. van Gemert, Willem Johan Aerts, Studia Byzantina Et Neohellenica Neerlandica, →ISBN, page 87:
        It was the scribe of y who replaced certain dialectisms and less usual forms by the common types, e.g. ...
      • 1993, Jan Chloupek, J. Nekvapil, Studies in Functional Stylistics, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 92:
        Starting with Jungmann, the opinion that before the National Revival the Czech language was in decay (invaded by dialectisms, inappropriate neologisms, overwhelming loans from German, and so on) then spread ...
      • 2013, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman, A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation, Saqi, →ISBN:
        ... the formal normative variety of the language as it is used today in formal writing by educated native speakers. As a result, we have eschewed dialectisms and regionalisms. The English variety employed in the book is formal British English, ...
      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dialectism.

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    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
    ▲
    Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
    Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
    Ancient Greek διά (diá)
    Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
    Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
    Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
    Proto-Hellenic *légō
    Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)
    Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai)
    Proto-Indo-European *-tós
    Proto-Hellenic *-tós
    Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
    Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor.
    Latin dialectosbor.
    German Dialekt
    Proto-Indo-European *-id-
    Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
    Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
    Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
    Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
    Proto-Indo-European *-mos
    Proto-Indo-European *-mós
    Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
    Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.
    Latin -ismuslbor.
    German -ismus
    German Dialektismusbor.
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    Latin dialectoslbor.
    Italian dialètto
    ▲
    Latin -ismus
    Italian -ìsmo
    Italian dialettìsmobor.
    Romanian dialectism

      Borrowed from German Dialektismus or Italian dialettìsmo. By surface analysis, dialect +‎ -ism.

      Noun

      dialectism m (plural dialectisme)

      1. (linguistics, rhetoric) dialecticism (a dialectal word or phrase)

      Declension

      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative-accusative dialectism dialectismul dialectisme dialectismei
      genitive-dative dialectism dialectismului dialectisme dialectismelor
      vocative dialectismule dialectismelor

      References

      • dialectism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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