inflectional
[in-
flek
-sh
uh
-nl]
/ɪnˈflɛk ʃə nl/
adjective
1.
of, pertaining 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.
Compare
agglutinative
(def 2),
isolating
.
Origin
1825-35;
inflection
+
-al
1
Related forms
inflectionally,
adverb
noninflectional,
adjective
noninflectionally,
adverb
preinflectional,
adjective
Examples from the web for
inflectional
It is also clear, from the above lists, that the decay of the earlier
inflectional
system was being gradually completed.
Base words may be free or bound morphemes to which affixes or
inflectional
endings may be added.