In linguistic morphology, a transfix is a discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word. The prototypical example comes from the Semitic languages, where nearly all word derivation and inflection involves the interdigitation of a discontinuous root with a discontinuous affix. For example, derivations and inflections of the Maltese discontinuous triliteral root |k-t-b| (to write)^[1] are shown below:

|+ Transfixes on Maltese k-t-b ! transfix ! word ! gloss |- ! -i-e- | kiteb | "he wrote" |- ! -i--u | kitbu | "they wrote" |- ! mi--u- | miktub | "written" |- ! --ie- | ktieb | "book" |- ! -o--a | kotba | "books" |}

See also

• Nonconcatenative morphology
• Prefix
• Suffix
• Infix
• Circumfix
• Interfix
• Simulfix
• Suprafix
• Duplifix

References

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