Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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reflexive

/ɹɪˈflɛksɪv/ adjective, noun

Forms reflexives

  1. adjective (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
  2. adjective (mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself). “"Equals" is a reflexive relation, as it holds for all possible x; "not less" is non-reflexive because it is true only for some x and y, "unequal" is irreflexive, as it never holds between x and itself.”
  3. adjective Of or resulting from a reflex. “The electric shock elicited an automatic and reflexive response from him.”
  4. adjective (figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous. “a reflexive dislike”
  5. adjective (politics) Producing or provoking a reciprocal response.
  6. adjective Synonym of reflective.
  7. noun (grammar) A reflexive pronoun.
  8. noun (grammar) A reflexive verb.

Synonyms

reflective reflexive pronoun automatic reflex self-referent

Antonyms

contemplative considered irreflexive non-reflexive nonreflexive

Etymology

From Medieval Latin reflexīvus, from Latin reflexus, equivalent to reflex + -ive.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
  2. adjective Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word" South.
  3. adverb In a reflex manner; reflectively.

Etymology [Cf. F. réflexif.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “reflexive”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “reflexive” (best matches first).