Definition of "allomorph" []

• See paramorph. (noun)
• Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kăts), (z) of pigs (pĭgz), and (ĭz) horses (hôrˈsĭz) are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme. (noun)

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• "The term allomorph is just linguistobabble for a piece of language, such as a suffix, that shows predictable variation in its form in different positions or circumstances."
• "Since -cve is locative of -cva, listing it as another allomorph is another mistake."
• "Ta-Den wants to get his hands on the allomorph, sure as can be."