1. of, relating to, or having the nature of an affix
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The affixal morphemes in English include prefixes like ‘un-‘ and suffixes like ‘-ing’.
• Students studied the affixal properties of various word endings.
• The linguist analyzed the affixal structure of compound words.
• Affixal elements can change the meaning or grammatical function of root words.
• The research focused on affixal patterns in different language families.