"Athematic" redirects here. For other uses, see Theme (disambiguation).
In Indo-European studies, a thematic vowel or theme vowel is the vowel *e[1] or *o from ablaut placed before the ending of a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word. Nouns, adjectives, and verbs in the Indo-European languages with this vowel are thematic, and those without it are athematic. Used more generally, a thematic vowel is any vowel found at the end of the stem of a word.
Outside Indo-European, the term "thematic vowel" is also used in the grammar of Kartvelian languages (see Georgian verb paradigm for more information on thematic vowels).
^The asterisk * indicates that a form is not directly attested, but has been reconstructed on the basis of other linguistic material.
In Indo-European studies, a thematicvowel or theme vowel is the vowel *e or *o from ablaut placed before the ending of a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word...
according to the thematicvowel they use in the present tense: 1st conjugation: verbs using the vowel е (/ɛ/). 2nd conjugation: verbs using the vowel и (/i/)....
absolutive. Almost all Hurrian nouns end in a vowel, known as a thematicvowel or stem vowel. This vowel will always appear on the word, and will not switch...
be confused with the use of thematic with reference to the stem ("the theme") of an inflected word, as in thematicvowel. This disambiguation page lists...
during the intro, opening credits, or ending credits Theme vowel or thematicvowel, a vowel placed before the word ending in certain Proto-Indo-European...
separate middle and passive forms. Thematic verbs form present active infinitives by adding to the stem the thematicvowel -ε- and the infinitive ending -εν...
endings affixed directly to the root, and the thematic class of verbs which present a "thematic" vowel /o/ or /e/ before the ending. The endings are classified...
the first declension is analyzed as a thematic declension. But its lack of a Proto-Indo-European thematicvowel (o or e) and of any nominative singular...
open-mid vowels, while the remaining letter names have close-mid vowels. Close-mid vowels: verb forms of first conjugation verbs with a thematic mid vowel followed...
singular, 3rd dual and 2nd plural in thematic classes II and VIII-XII as a result of the original PIE thematicvowel e. The subjunctive likewise has 12...
conventionally divided into three main conjugations according to the thematicvowel used in the citation form (i.e. 3p-pres-sg): а–group (e.g. вика, бега);...
first- and second-declension nouns, Kiparsky's rule is more complex. The thematicvowel (ο or ᾱ) counts as neither stem nor ending, but alternates between the...
the present subjunctive of the verb viajar "to travel"). Verbs whose thematicvowel becomes a stressed ⟨i⟩ in one of their inflections are spelled with...
Myxozoa (etymology: Greek: μύξα myxa "slime" or "mucus" + thematicvowel o + ζῷον zoon "animal") is a subphylum of aquatic cnidarian animals – all obligate...
that a thematicvowel is always used before this suffix: Class 1 verbs are defined by having the thematicvowel -i-; which becomes -j- before vowels and...
the stem ends in o or e, which is composed in turn of a root plus the thematicvowel, an o or e in Indo-European ablaut series parallel to similar formations...
right from the Proto-Indo-European stage has been to use thematic processes instead. A theme vowel is suffixed before any personal endings are added. In...
called the thematicvowel is inserted to the root before the final endings are appended: *-o- which in Sanskrit becomes -a-, producing the thematic stem. Substantives...
-an or -ic added to the oblique stem, sometimes retaining a preceding thematicvowel. These produce generally predictable sound changes in the stem though...
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