Ending
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An ending is a kind of affix which is added to a word in declension or conjugation. Unlike suffixes, endings are used to make various forms of the same word: they do not form new words.
Examples:
- boys (plural)
- he makes (third person singular present tense)
- he closed (past tense)
A large number of endings are found in inflective languages, such as Czech, German, Finnish, Latin, Hungarian, Russian, etc.
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