inflectional suffix
inflectional suffix · inflectional suffixes
An ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or…An ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or conjugational paradigm.
Meaning
1 sensesAn ending, a suffix added to a word and forming part of a declensional or conjugational paradigm.
In English the inflectional suffix -ed is used to form the past of most regular verbs.
an inflection that is added at the end of a root word
Forms
plural: inflectional suffixes| Singular | inflectional suffix |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- an inflection that is added at the end of a root word:inflectional ending
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.