Gruppenflexion

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English[edit]

Examples

Tibetan རྒྱལཔོའམབླ (rgyal po'am bla ma, the king or the lama) + (sa, ergative case marker)རྒྱལཔོའམབླམས (rgyal po'am bla mas, by the king or the lama.)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Gruppenflexion (group inflection).

Noun[edit]

Gruppenflexion (uncountable)

  1. (grammar, rare) The practice, for example in Tibetan and Tocharian, of inflecting noun phrases with case by only inflecting the last word of the noun phrase with said case.