Affix
An Affix is a morpheme that is attached to a base morpheme to form a word form. An affix can be a prefix (something attached at the front), a suffix (attached at the back), an infix (in between) or a circumfix (two parts, one in front, the other at the back). Affixes are Bound morphemes by definition.
Affixes are essential in agglutination.
Example:
to establish (verb) + suffix -ment -> establishment (noun) (see derivation)
List of suffixes
See also: List of prefixes.
for more examples see Affixation
Referenced By
Affixation | Bound morpheme | Ubykh | Ubykh language
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