Postfix
//ˈpoʊst.fɪks// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A suffix.
"Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson."
- 2 an affix that is added at the end of the word wordnet
- 3 In the Czech language, a suffix that is placed after the ending.
Verb
- 1 To suffix. transitive
"Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו."
- 2 To subject a sample to postfixation
Example
More examples"Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו."
Etymology
From post- + fix.
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