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Infix
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- 1 An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
"I am not pleased with one or two of the noun cases (they are too similar to others) and I want to change the way that the Focus category (see Section 3.5 of the grammar) is manifested (using word-order instead of an infix or other phonological marker). All in all, the language is structured almost exactly as I wanted."
- 2 an affix that is inserted inside the word wordnet
- 3 A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
"The infix position contains (pronominal) object markers, showing agreement with the object(s), which might be one or more noun phrases following the verb, or a foregoing or previously mentioned object marking."
- 4 A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes. dated
- 5 Synonym of interfix. proscribed
- 1 To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. archaic, transitive
"to infix a sting, spear, or dart"
- 2 attach a morpheme into a stem word wordnet
- 3 To instill. transitive
- 4 put or introduce into something wordnet
- 5 To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. transitive
Etymology
Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).
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