grave accent 
(grāv, gräv)
(grāv, gräv)n.
1. A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.
2. A similar mark used in various languages as an indication of vowel quality or quantity.
3. A similar mark used, as in transliteration of Chinese, to indicate that a syllable has a falling pitch.
- Indo-European root: nogh-
- Indo-European root: nogw-
- Indo-European root: nu-
- Indo-European root: nāu-
- Indo-European root: nō̆-men-
- Indo-European root: n̥dher-
- Indo-European root: od-
- Indo-European root: oi-no-
- Indo-European root: oit-
- Indo-European root: oktō(u)
- Indo-European root: okw-
- Indo-European root: op-
- Indo-European root: or-
- Indo-European root: orbh-
- Indo-European root: ors-
- Indo-European root: ost-
- Indo-European root: ous-
- Indo-European root: owi-
- Indo-European root: pag-
- Indo-European root: pan-
- Indo-European root: pant-
- Indo-European root: papa
- Indo-European root: past-
- Indo-European root: pau-
- Indo-European root: pau-