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Suppletion
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supplétion, supplétisme
the phenomenon in which an irregular form of a word, often a verb or adjective, is used instead of a regular form to express a different grammatical feature
Exemples
An example of suppletion is the English verb " to be, " where the forms " am, " " is, " " are, " " was, " and " were " do not follow a regular pattern of inflection.
Un exemple de supplétion est le verbe anglais "to be", où les formes "am", "is", "are", "was" et "were" ne suivent pas un modèle régulier de flexion.
