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postfixing

postfixing is the present participle and gerund of postfix.

Meaning of postfix

Verb

postfix (third-person singular simple present postfixes, present participle postfixing, simple past and past participle postfixed)

  1. (transitive) To suffix.
    • Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו.1762, John Parkhurst, An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points
  2. To subject a sample to postfixation

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Questions about postfixing

What is postfixing the present participle and gerund of?
Postfixing is the present participle and gerund of postfix.

Words near postfixing in the dictionary

  1. postfixation
  2. postfixations
  3. postfixative
  4. postfixed
  5. postfixes
  6. postfixing
  7. postfixion
  8. postflame
  9. postflare
  10. postfledging
  11. postflexion

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