adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal not-comparable

   "desinential consonant"

Example

More examples

"Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

desinential inflection

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