Definition
Inflected Word Form
An inflected word form is a word form expressing grammatical features such as number, tense, person or case, while remaining a form of the same dictionary word. It may be formed by regular changes or be irregular.
Example
Example
- Car and cars differ in number: singular versus plural.
- Walk and walked differ in tense: present versus past in I walk/walked home.
- Go and went likewise differ in tense, but the past form is irregular rather than formed by adding -ed.