Definition of Preformative. Meaning of Preformative. Synonyms of Preformative

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Definition of Preformative

Preformative
Preformative Pre*form"a*tive, n. A formative letter at the beginning of a word. --M. Stuart.

Meaning of Preformative from wikipedia

- word. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the word to which it is affixed. Prefixes...
- from Syriac (which uses an n- preformative) and also from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, in which the use of the l- preformative for the indicative is not consistent...
- stage. The molting pattern in cardinalids is divided into two types. A preformative molt is a partial molt where only the body feathers get replaced, but...
- mean 'the black' or 'the Nubian'. This Egyptian root (nḥsj, with the preformative pʾ as a definite article) appears in Exodus 6.25 as the personal name...
- tan-infix III.3 Štn šutaPRuS š-preformative with tan-infix IV.3 Ntn itaPRuS n-preformative with tan-infix ŠD šuPuRRuS š-preformative with doubled second radical...
- older he preformative with א aleph. These three conjugations are supplemented with three further derived stems, produced by the preformative -הת hiṯ-...
- followed the Lithic stage and was su****ded by the Formative stage, or a Preformative stage. The typical broad use of the terms is as follows: In Mesoamerican...
- groups the others together with the finite prefix as (non-pro****ic) "preformatives". The meaning, structure, identity and even the number of the various...
- speech in question), of which the final -n was normally ****imilated by preformatives y- and t-. An example drawn from Ibn Quzmān will illustrate this: The...
- mechanisms and behaviours are perpetuated, regardless of changes, due to the preformative patriarchy. Through certain strategies, the Army has purple washed and...