Affix
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An affix is a morpheme that is attached to a base morpheme to form a word. An affix can be a prefix (attached before another morpheme), a suffix (attached after another morpheme), an infix (inserted within another morpheme), a circumfix (attached before and after another morpheme), or a suprafix (attached suprasegmentally to another morpheme). Affixes are bound morphemes by definition. Prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes.
Affixes are central to the process of agglutination.
| affix | example |
|---|---|
| prefix | undo prefix + root |
| suffix | looking root + suffix |
| infix 1 | fanfuckingtastic ro- + infix + -ot |
| circumfix 2 | enlighten circum- + root + -fix |
| suprafix | produce (noun) produce (verb) (changing stress) |
1 English infixes only exist in exclamatory constructions like the given example.
2 English circumfixes do not exist other than en- -en, which is not productive now.
See also
es:Afijo eo:Afikso fr:Affixe ja:接辞 nl:Affix pl:Afiks pt:Afixo sv:Affix