suffigal
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the present stem of Latin suffīgō (“I fasten onto”) + -al. The formation on the Latin present stem is unusual; perhaps originally an innovation in German.
Adjective
[edit]suffigal (not comparable)
- (linguistics, rare) Synonym of suffixal
- 2015, Jonathan Stökl, ““A Youth Without Blemish, Handsome, Proficient in all Wisdom, Knowledgeable and Intelligent”: Ezekiel’s Access to Babylonian Culture”, in Jonathan Stökl and Caroline Waerzeggers, editors, Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context, Berlin: de Gruyter, , page 237:
- The use of a suffigal pronoun to express the object of the emotion expressed by a noun […]
- 2019, Nils Oscar Paul Billing, Finite verb formation in Lycian, Universiteit Leiden, MA thesis, page 27:
- The accentuation in the suffix of original iteratives in *CoC-éie/o- would accordingly be spread to the thematic denominative stems in *-e-ié/ó- on account on the identical suffigal vocalism.
- 2022, Edvin Bergenfalk, Eight Levantine Arabic Folk Songs: An analysis of theme, structure and language, Uppsala University, Master’s Thesis, page 11:
- Some other features to mention are suffigal plural pronouns with m (-kum and -tum as opposed to sedentary forms -ku and -tu) […]