suppletive

English - Turkish

Definition of suppletive in English Turkish dictionary

(Dilbilim) (Sıfat) Dilbilimde bir kelimenin değişik biçimli karşılığı ile ilgili; örneğin 'go' fiilinin geçmiş zaman biçimi olan 'went' veya 'good' sıfatının güçlü biçimi olan 'better

English - English

Definition of suppletive in English English dictionary

Inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms good, better, best)

When went replaced gang, go became suppletive.

Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath

Inflected by substituting an unrelated form

{s} suppletory, making up for a deficiency

Hyphenation

sup·ple·tive