zero suffix
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
zero suffix (plural zero suffixes)
- (linguistic morphology) A suffix which is a null morpheme, used in models of linguistic analysis to represent the lack of a suffix where one might otherwise be expected (for example, as one of several inflections that a stem can take, or the reduction of a historically vocalised suffix to the point that it is inaudible).
- Synonym: null suffix
- Coordinate term: zero prefix
See also[edit]
- -∅ (representation of the zero suffix)