English Dictionary

preformative

名詞

Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

日本語の意味

セム語系において、単語の先頭に位置する形態形成要素、すなわち文字や音節などで、単語の構成に寄与する要素。

In his lecture on Semitic morphology, the professor explained how the preformative modifies the verb stem.

セム語族の形態論に関する講義で、教授は語頭に付く形成文字が動詞幹をどのように変化させるかを説明した。

意味（1）

Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.

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

preformatives （ plural ）