Inflectional Suffix

An Inflectional Suffix is an Inflexional Affix that acts as a Suffix.

• Context:
  • It can be:
    • a Pluralization Suffix.
    • a Possessivization Suffix.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • -s, a Pluralization Suffix, such as in "Girls".
  • -'s, a Possessivization Suffix, such as in "Girl 's".
  • -ed, a Past Tense Suffix, such as in "Barkd".
  • -ing, such as in "Twitching".
  • "Blackest".
  • "Smaller".
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Inflectional Infix, such as: -s, as in “sister[s]-in-law”.
  • a Prefix, such as un-.
  • Derivational Suffix -er, such as in "kicker".
• See: Inflectional Prefix, Derivational Suffix, Affix, Morphological Rule.

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