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

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

Etymology

Origin of inflectional

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

Example Sentences

Many Roman writers were extremely fond of this sentence-structure, and it was well adapted to the inflectional character of their language; in English we generally avoid it.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Turkish language, influence of imported words over the whole native aspect of the, 83. two classes of vowels in, 295. ingenuity of Turkish grammar, 308. its advance towards inflectional forms, 337.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

The accent in Old English falls usually on the radical syllable, never on the inflectional ending: bríngan, to bring; stā́nas, stones; bérende, bearing; ī́delnes, idleness; frḗondscipe, friendship.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

Juxtapositional, combinatory, and inflectional strata in the formation of the Aryan language, 138.

From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)