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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

desinential en · ADJ

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēsinentia + -al. Compare French désinentiel.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal
    • desinential consonant
    • desinential morpheme
    • desinential letter
    • desinential stress
    • Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. 1877, Fitzedward Hall, On English Adjectives In-able:

Deriveds

desinential inflection