Meanings
- not comparablerarehuman sciencesSynonym of suffixal.
The use of a suffigal pronoun to express the object of the emotion expressed by a noun […]
2015, Jonathan Stökl, ““A Youth Without Blemish, Handsome, Proficient in all Wisdom, Knowledgeable and Intelligent”: Ezekiel’s Access to Babylonian Culture”, in Jonathan Stökl and Caroline Waerzeggers, editors, Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context, Berlin: de Gruyter, →DOI, page 2372 more examples
The accentuation in the suffix of original iteratives in *CoC-éie/o- would accordingly be spread to the thematic denominative stems in *-e-ié/ó- on account on the identical suffigal vocalism.
2019, Nils Oscar Paul Billing, Finite verb formation in Lycian, Universiteit Leiden, MA thesis, page 27Some other features to mention are suffigal plural pronouns with m (-kum and -tum as opposed to sedentary forms -ku and -tu) […]
2022, Edvin Bergenfalk, Eight Levantine Arabic Folk Songs: An analysis of theme, structure and language, Uppsala University, Master’s Thesis, page 11Synonyms: suffixal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of suffixal.
Origin
- Latinsuffīgō“I fasten onto”
- Englishsuffigal
From the present stem of Latin suffīgō (“I fasten onto”) + -al. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
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