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desinential

desinential adjective: consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal.

Adjective

desinential (not comparable)

  1. consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal
    • desinential consonant
    • desinential letter

Examples of desinential in a sentence

  • desinential morpheme
  • Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function.1877, Fitzedward Hall, On English Adjectives In-able:

Origin of desinential

From Medieval Latin dēsinentia + -al. Compare French désinentiel.

Words formed from desinential

Phrases with desinential

Questions about desinential

What does desinential mean?
Desinential means consisting of desinences or grammatical endings; terminal.
How do you use desinential in a sentence?
desinential morpheme
What part of speech is desinential?
Desinential is an adjective.

Words near desinential in the dictionary

  1. Desimones
  2. desimplify
  3. desinence
  4. desinences
  5. desinent
  6. desinential
  7. desinential inflection
  8. desinential inflections
  9. desiness
  10. desinew
  11. desinewed

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