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suppletion
This term is a specialized linguistic concept used to describe a specific type of irregular inflection. It occurs when a language fills a gap in a grammatical paradigm using a word from an entirely different root, rather than applying a standard rule of modification. The most prominent example in English is the verb "go," where the past tense "went" is derived from a separate historical root ("wend") rather than a modification of "go."
Because it is a technical term of art in linguistics, it is almost exclusively found in academic papers, grammar textbooks, and philological discussions. It should not be confused with "supplementation" in a general sense, as "suppletion" refers specifically to the morphological replacement of a root within a paradigm.
Meanings
Examples
The relationship between go and went is a classic example of suppletion.
I wonder if this irregular verb is a result of suppletion or just a phonetic shift.
Suppletion occurs when the root of a word is replaced by an entirely different one in certain forms.
Suppletion occurs when the root of a word is replaced by an entirely different one in certain forms.
Look at how good becomes better; that is called suppletion.
The professor explained that suppletion creates a gap in the morphological pattern.
Is there any way to predict suppletion in a language you have never studied before?
The presence of suppletion in the verb to be makes it the most irregular verb in English.
He noted that suppletion often affects the most frequently used words in a lexicon.
This linguistic phenomenon known as suppletion defies standard conjugation rules.
This linguistic phenomenon known as suppletion defies standard conjugation rules.