Template:Circumfix

prefix- +‎ base +‎ -suffix

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The following documentation is located at Template:Circumfix/documentation. ^[edit]

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This template is used in the etymology section. Use

{{circumfix|language code|prefix|root|suffix}}

where prefix is the prefix, excluding hyphen, root is the root, and suffix is the suffix of the term. For instance, a simple etymology of the Dutch word vergiftigen could be created with:

{{circumfix|nl|ver|giftig|en}}

which evaluates to:

ver- +‎ giftig +‎ -en

Other arguments

|sc=

Script code. See Project:Scripts

|t1=, |t2=

Glosses

|tr1=, |tr2=

Transliteration of word 1 and word 2 respectively (for non-Latin scripts)

|alt1=, |alt2=

Alternate text to display instead of the links.

|pos1=, |pos2=

Part-of-speech information. Additional unquoted explanatory text, coming after the transliteration and gloss.

|nocat=1

Suppresses categorization

Examples

{{circumfix|ms|per|empu|an}}

gives the ouput:

per- +‎ empu +‎ -an

If circumfixes or words are written in non-Latin scripts, transliteration or gloss parameters may need to be added. Some transliterations can be autogenerated.

{{circumfix|ka|სა|ქართველი|ო|t2 = Georgian (ethnic group)}}

gives the output

See also

• {{suffix}}
• {{compound}}
• {{confix}}
• {{affix}}
• {{prefix}}

Template Data

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TemplateData for Circumfix

In the etymology section, marks a word as formed by circumfix around a root.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
language code	1 lang	no description Example nl	String	required
prefix	2	the prefix of the word Example re	Page name	required
word root	3	the root of the word Example start	Page name	required
suffix	4	the suffix of the word Example start	Page name	required
script code	sc	no description	String	optional
prefixal part of speech	pos1	no description	String	optional
root word part of speech	pos2	no description	String	optional
suffixal part of speech	pos3	no description	String	optional
prefix alternate text	alt1	Text to show instead of the prefix in the link to its entry	String	optional
root word alternate text	alt2	Text to show instead of the root word in the link to its entry	String	optional
suffix alternate text	alt3	Text to show instead of the prefix in the link to its entry	String	optional
prefix gloss	t1	brief gloss of the prefix	String	optional
root word gloss	t2	brief gloss of the word base	String	optional
suffix gloss	t3	brief gloss of the suffix	String	optional
prefix transliteration	tr1	Transliteration of the prefix (for non-Latin scripts)	String	optional
root word transliteration	tr2	Transliteration of the root word (for non-Latin scripts)	String	optional
suffix transliteration	tr3	Transliteration of the suffix (for non-Latin scripts)	String	optional