Suppletion
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suppletion, suppletiv
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
Exempel
Suppletion refers to the phenomenon in morphology where an irregular form is used to express a grammatical contrast instead of regular inflection.
Suppletion avser fenomenet inom morfologi där en oregelbunden form används för att uttrycka en grammatisk kontrast istället för regelbunden böjning.
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.
Ett exempel på suppletion är det engelska verbet "to be", där formerna "am", "is", "are", "was" och "were" inte följer ett regelbundet böjningsmönster.
