emphatic state

noun

A noun and attributive adjective form, occurring in Aramaic and Old South Arabian and by minority reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, where the word spearheads what is perceived as an agglutinated determiner.

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status emphaticus
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Meanings

nounemphatic state (countable and uncountable, plural emphatic states)

plural emphatic states

  1. countableuncountablegrammarA noun and attributive adjective form, occurring in Aramaic and Old South Arabian and by minority reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, where the word spearheads what is perceived as an agglutinated determiner.

    Synonyms: status emphaticus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA noun and attributive adjective form, occurring in Aramaic and Old South Arabian and by minority reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, where the word spearheads what is perceived as an agglutinated determiner.

Similar
status emphaticus
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APA

emphatic state. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphatic%20state

MLA

“emphatic state.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphatic%20state. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emphatic state,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emphatic%20state.

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