postposition

Noun

A word or morpheme that is placed after the word it modifies or completes, typically indicating a grammatical relationship such as case, direction, or possession.

ریشه

From the Latin word 'postpositio', meaning 'placement after'.

مثال

• In the phrase 'the king of England', 'of' is a postposition.
• In Finnish, postpositions are commonly used instead of prepositions.
• In the sentence 'I saw him yesterday', 'yesterday' functions as a postposition.