Inflectional Suffix
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An Inflectional Suffix is an Inflexional Affix that acts as a Suffix.
- Context:
- It can be:
- …
- 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.