Anaptyxis is defined as the insertion of a short/extra short (non-etymological) vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable. In Arabic, it is also employed to resolve consonantal clusters prohibited by the syllable structure rules, which generally leads to a creation of a new syllable. It is also called epenthesis; a similar phenomenon in nouns may be called ‘nomina segolata’ (especially employed with regard to Hebrew).

This phenomenon takes place in various positions; at the beginning of a word, it is usually called prothesis. It may also take place…