Sekirov Dictionary

emphatic

/ɛmˈfætɪk/

adjective8

  1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
  2. Stated with conviction.
  3. Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
  4. Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
  5. Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
  6. Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
  7. Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
  8. Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.

noun3

  1. A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
  2. A distinct pronoun form or noun suffix found in certain languages (e.g. Goidelic languages) that is used to place emphasis on the noun or pronoun in order to create contrast with the rest of the sentence.
  3. An emphatic consonant.
forms

emphatics · more emphatic · most emphatic

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