Feminine-ending


noun
1.
Prosody. an unaccented syllable at the close of a line of poetry, often one that is added to the metrical pattern as an extra syllable.
2.
Grammar. a termination or final syllable marking a feminine word: In Latin -ā is a feminine ending for the ablative case in the singular.
noun
1.
(prosody) an unstressed syllable at the end of a line of verse

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