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Definition of Prefixal
1. Adjective. (context: of a word) That may be modified by the addition of a prefix. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a term) Taking the role of a prefix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prefixal
1. pertaining to or being a prefix [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prefixal
Literary usage of Prefixal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1905)
"... in the dialects of the same formation which have sprung from the Zapoteca
language, and whose tendency is the simplification of the prefixal system. ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1866)
"8 Through not understanding the force of the prefixal element a, we have nearly
lost a really useful and, moreover, grammatical form of expression,—as " the ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1866)
"3 Through not understanding the force of the prefixal element a, we have nearly
lost a really useful and, moreover, grammatical form of expression,—as " the ..."
4. A Short Comparative Grammar of English and German, as Traced Back to Their by Victor Henry (1894)
"But it happened that West Germanic speakers took to using, instead of the past
participle of the simple verb, the past participle of the prefixal verb, ..."
5. The Art of the Player-piano: A Text-book for Student and Teacher by Sydney Grew (1922)
"The prefix requires the consonant-like touch proper to all prefixal particles.
The suffix requires the delicate touch and fine shading- off proper to all ..."
6. H. M. Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa: From His First Entrance Into by Joel Tyler Headley, Willis Fletcher Johnson (1890)
"This, in what Professor Sayce calls the " prefixal language of Africa," may be
taken to be the Suaheli corruption of a local name: ..."
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