"suffixal" meaning in English

See suffixal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From suffix + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|suffix|-al|text=+|tree=1}} From suffix + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} suffixal (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics, of a form) That is modified by the addition of a suffix. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-suffixal-en-adj-IjVrQEPR Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics, of a form) Taking the role of a suffix. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-suffixal-en-adj-xW0pet-0 Categories (other): Linguistics, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 30 42 28 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (linguistics, of a language) That tends to make use of suffixes (more than prefixes) to create grammatical forms; suffixing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-suffixal-en-adj-nerGSvl8 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 21 31 49 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 22 32 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 25 33 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 31 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 33 42 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 18 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 15 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 15 74 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 18 68 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suffixally
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