circumfixal

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English

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Etymology

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From circumfix +‎ -al.

Adjective

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circumfixal (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Serving as a circumfix.
    • 1997, Ferdinand de Haan, The Interaction of Modality and Negation:
      First, a number of languages do not have a single negation morpheme but have a circumfixal morpheme.