Difference between revisions of "Suffix"
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*German [[Suffix (de)]] | *German [[Suffix (de)]] | ||
*Russian [[суффикс]] | *Russian [[суффикс]] | ||
| − | *Czech [[přípona]] | + | *Czech [[přípona]], sufix |
*Spanish [[sufijo]] | *Spanish [[sufijo]] | ||
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[[Category:Morphology]] | [[Category:Morphology]] | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 25 October 2008
A suffix is an affix which follows its base.
Comments
- “The term “affix”, which was used in §§24 and 28, is grammatical: it subsumes bound forms of certain kinds. But the apparently parallel terms “prefix”, "suffix”, “infix” are not grammatical; they refer, rather to positional classes of the morphs which represent bound forms.” (Hockett 1958:286)
Synonyms
- infix (in African linguistics)
- ending (used especially for inflectional suffxes)
- desinence (used especially for inflectional suffxes)
Origin
The OED's first attestation is from 1778. The term is derived from Latin suffīgere ‘attach’.
Reference
- Hockett, Charles. 1958. A course in modern linguistics. New York: Macmillan.
Other languages
- German Suffix (de)
- Russian суффикс
- Czech přípona, sufix
- Spanish sufijo
