pausal
/ˈpɔːzl/Linguistics
adjective
Of or relating to a pause in speech; specifically (in the grammar of Arabic, Hebrew, and other Semitic languages) designating the form which a word receives in pause, whereby, in certain cases, a vowel is changed (usually lengthened), or a weakened vowel reappears in full.
noun
A pausal form of a word. rare.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), Roman Catholic priest and biblical scholar. From pause + -al.
- life company
- life cord
- life cover
- life craft
- life cycle
- life drawing
- life energy
- life estate
- life event
- life-everlasting
- life expectancy
- life expectation
- life-expired
- life force
- life-forcer
- life form
- lifeful
- life-giver
- life-giving
- lifeguard
- lifeguarded
- lifeguarding
- Life Guards
- Life Guardsman
- life gun