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postposition
[ pohst-puh-zish-uhn, pohst-puh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of placing after.
- the state of being so placed.
- Grammar.
- the use of words, particles, or affixes following the elements they modify or govern, as of the adjective general in attorney general, or of the particle e 鈥渢o鈥 in Japanese Tokyo e 鈥渢o Tokyo.鈥
- a word, particle, or affix so used.
postposition
/ 藢辫蓹蕣蝉迟辫蓹藞锄瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- placement of a modifier or other speech element after the word that it modifies or to which it is syntactically related
- a word or speech element so placed
Derived Forms
- 藢辫辞蝉迟辫辞藞蝉颈迟颈辞苍补濒濒测, adverb
- 藢辫辞蝉迟辫辞藞蝉颈迟颈辞苍补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 辫辞蝉迟顎卲辞路蝉颈顎僼颈辞苍路补濒 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of postposition1
Example Sentences
Similarly these postpositions are, in the modern languages, added to the oblique form.
Th墨, the postposition of the G. ablative, is connected with thaw农, to be, one of the verbs substantive in that language.
The usual genitive postposition is k, which has become a suffix, and now forms part of the word to which it is attached, a final preceding vowel being frequently shortened.
The inflection of nouns by case endings and postpositions is rich in forms; that of the adjective and numeral less elaborate.
If the cases are formed by postpositions, new postpositions can be used as soon as the old ones become obsolete.
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