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

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

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

As far as the formal part of language is concerned, we cannot resist the conclusion that what is now inflectional was formerly agglutinative, and what is now agglutinative was at first radical.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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)

The fact, therefore, that languages, if once settled, do not change their grammatical constitution, is no argument against our theory, that every inflectional language was once agglutinative, and every agglutinative language was once monosyllabic.

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From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison