COMBINATIVE


Meaning of COMBINATIVE in English

ˈkämbəˌnā]d.iv, kəmˈbīnə] adjective

Etymology: combinat ion + -ive

: tending or able to combine : marked by, relating to, or resulting from combination ; specifically of sound change : dependent on phonetic environment

the change of an originally short vowel into a long vowel in the ancestors of English field is combinative because of the vowel's being followed by a liquid and a homorganic voiced stop

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