inflectional

American  

[in-flek-shuh-nl] / ɪnˈflɛk ʃə nl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or used in inflection.

   an inflectional ending.

2. Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Latin, characterized by the use of inflection, especially morphemic fusion or irregular morphophonemic alternation.

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Other Word Forms

• noninflectional
  adjective
• preinflectional
  adjective
• inflectionally
  adverb
• noninflectionally
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of inflectional

First recorded in 1825–35; inflection + -al ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

inflectional

This variation in form is in no way analogous to that produced by inflectional changes, such as occur in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, etc.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant

In the Huasteca, the governed pronoun separates sometimes the last, sometimes the first syllable of the inflectional form from the stem.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Daniel Garrison Brinton

Now and then the Keltic or Iberian names of Gallic or Spanish articles were taken up, but the inflectional system and the syntax of Latin retained their integrity.

From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Frank Frost Abbott

Similarity of inflectional endings in similar clauses, he pointed out, would naturally develop rime in any inflected language.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden

If so, it is the latter d which is radical, and the former which is inflectional.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

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