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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, colloquial, US, education) The letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc..
It dawned upon me that abisselfa was an English translation of a-per-se-a, a-by-itself-a. So also e-by-itself-e became ebisselfe. Similarly ibisselfi, obisselfo, ubisselfu. This nomenclature was confined to the vowels as being the only letters that could stand by themselves.
Use abisselfa when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Abisselfa means (obsolete, colloquial, US, education) The letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It dawned upon me that abisselfa was an English translation of a-per-se-a, a-by-itself-a. So also e-by-itself-e became ebisselfe. Similarly ibisselfi, obisselfo, ubisselfu. This nomenclature was confined to the vowels as being the only letters that could stand by themselves.
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