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名詞

preformative (plural preformatives)

1. (chiefly in Semitic languages) a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

   Synonym: preformant

   Coordinate term: afformative

   • 1828, Moses Stuart, A Grammar of the Hebrew Language:

     Ch. a prefix prep. as in Hebrew, the sign of the dative; also of the genitive and accusative; and as a conj. before the future, which then rejects the preformative, that

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形容詞

preformative (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to preformation.
2. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
3. (grammar, chiefly in Semitic languages) of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.

語源 2

In many cases merely a typo; less commonly, sometimes due to a misapprehension of morphology.

名詞

preformative (plural preformatives)

1. Misspelling of performative.

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Further reading

• prefix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• performative