derival

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of derive +‎ -al. Attested from the 1870s.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

derival (countable and uncountable, plural derivals)

  1. (rare, linguistics, grammar) The derivation of a word.
    • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue, page 295:
      As to the origin of all the forms in the above list, it clearly cannot belong to English philology to do much more than indicate the source from which we received them. Their derival into French from Latin has therefore been only slightly touched upon.
    • 2005, Abdurishid Yakup, The Turfan Dialect of Uyghur, page 152:
      3.4 Derival morphology
      […] However, in the Turfan dialect as well in the speech of some of the younger generation in Urumchi, -ŋza seems to function as a nominal derivative suffix, deriving nouns from some kin terms and adding a clear, haughty, arrogant hue, see the lexicon.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Derival”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  2. ^ “derival, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018.

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