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inflectional

/in-flek-shuh-nl/US // ɪnˈflɛk ʃə nl //

屈折语,屈折词,词性,词义

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or used in inflection: an inflectional ending.
    • : Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, especially morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation.Compare agglutinative, isolating.

Examples

  • The inflectional -e of cherubine, seraphine appears to be quite isolated.

  • Such isolated inflectional changes as saveit into savoit, which are cases of regular phonetic changes, are not noticed here.

  • Thus the inflectional system serves to relieve, in part at least, the very difficulty which it creates.

  • In the inflectional languages each word is like a soldier in his place with his outfit.

  • In one respect in the inflectional forms of the verb, the purist was unexpectedly successful.