Formantia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of formans form-of, plural

    "Such criteria are either sound variations in the words themselves, or the addition of formantia, i.e. suffixes or auxiliaries which define them as being true verbs (as opposed to nouns) or nouns (as opposed to verbs)."

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"Such criteria are either sound variations in the words themselves, or the addition of formantia, i.e. suffixes or auxiliaries which define them as being true verbs (as opposed to nouns) or nouns (as opposed to verbs)."

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