#afix

• Affix — 1. A bound morpheme (prefix, suffix, infix, or interfix) attached to a root or stem to form a new word or grammatical variant. 2. In mathematics, a complex number associated with a point in a Cartesian plane, representing its coordinates. 3. As an adjective, something structurally fixed.
• Affixal — Pertaining to affixes; formed or based on the addition of affixes to a root or stem. In structural linguistics, affixal derivation represents the primary morphological mechanism for vocabulary enrichment through the attachment of bound morphemes.
• Affixation — The act of attaching, fixing, or adding an affix (prefix, suffix, infix, or interfix) to a root or stem in the process of word formation or grammatical inflection; the result of this action. It represents one of the most widespread derivation methods.
• Affixed — 1. Attached, added, or structurally fixed as an affix (prefix, suffix, infix) to a root or stem in word formation or inflection. 2. Broadly, an element firmly attached, immobilized, or stably connected to a main support or technical system.
• Affixation — A morphological process or grammatical system based on the utilization and combination of affixes (prefixes, suffixes, infixes) for word formation or inflection; affixation. In comparative linguistics, it is analyzed as a fundamental structural mechanism.
• Affixoid — A combining form (prefixoid or suffixoid) of foreign origin that has specialized in word formation, behaving intermediately between an autonomous word and a pure derivational affix. An affixoid retains a clear base semantic value, widely used in scientific terminology.
• Agglutinative — Having the character or properties of agglutination; a structural typology specific to languages that construct their grammatical or derivative forms by successively attaching distinct and invariable affixes to a fixed root, without the latter altering its form or base meaning.