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inflection in Tagalog

sabaylo

/ɪnˈflɛkʃən/

inflection in Tagalog: sabaylo. In English, inflection means the linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

Tagalog words for inflection

variation in the word form reflecting grammatical features
sabaylo

English meaning of inflection

  1. noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
  2. noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given word class.
  3. noun An affix representing a given variation.
  4. noun Any specific morphological form of a particular word, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.

Full definition of inflection

inflection in a sentence

  • In English, word order often does the work that inflection did in Latin.
  • The second-person imperative is a verbal inflection found in many Indo-European languages.
  • English's regular inflection for number in plural nouns is the suffix -s.

Synonyms of inflection

inflection in other languages

Questions about inflection in Tagalog

What is the meaning of inflection in Tagalog?
Inflection in Tagalog is sabaylo.
Ano ang inflection sa Tagalog?
Inflection: sabaylo.
What does inflection mean in English?
Inflection means the linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

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