Meanings
plural prefigations
- rarehuman sciencesSynonym of prefixation.
For such perfectivization by means of lexical prefigation, see the productive prefixal paradigms in Modern Russian, […]
1999, Werner Abraham, Leonid Kulikov, Tense-Aspect, Transitivity and Causativity: Essays in honour of Vladimir Nedjalkov, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 2652 more examples
Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]
1974, JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic PhilologyA common structure of Swedish verbs is to have a stem with fairly broad meaning and a set of prefigated forms with a narrower, lexicalized meaning. This prefigation of verbs is productive only to a very small extent, […]
1990, Papers from the Institute of Linguistics, University of StockholmSynonyms: prefixation · Antonyms: suffigation
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinpraefīgō“to attach in front”
- Englishprefigation
From the present stem of Latin praefīgō (“to attach in front”) + -ation. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
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