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Definition of Postpositional
1. a. Of or pertaining to postposition.
Definition of Postpositional
1. Adjective. (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a postposition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Postpositional
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Postpositional
Literary usage of Postpositional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (1879)
"The postpositional languages place the genitive before its governing noun, as in
German and largely in English, while the prepositional follow the French ..."
2. Transactions (1881)
"In the Turanian or postpositional languages this mark of tense is placed ...
The postpositional languages place this regimen invariably before the verb, ..."
3. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"A breakpoint marks the end of a nominal compound, noun phrase, postpositional
phrase, or a verb clause. Furthermore, it bears a semantic relation to the ..."
4. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"It cannot reasonably be doubted that the case-terminations of the primitive
dialects of the Indo-European family were originally postpositional words, ..."
5. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"It cannot reasonably be doubted that the case-terminations of the primitive
dialects of the Indo-European family were originally postpositional words, ..."
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