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morpheme (Morpheme)

Part of a Word which cannot be subdivided and which expresses a meaning.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  content bearing object  
is subclass of
  linguistic expression  
is subclass of
  morpheme  

Coordinate term(s)

language  phrase  text  word 

Related WordNet synsets

formative
minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
formative is kind of (all)...   formative is kind of...  
morpheme
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
morpheme is kind of (all)...   morpheme is kind of...   kinds of morpheme...   kinds of morpheme (all)...  
morphemic
of or relating to morphemes
morphemic pertains to noun...  
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Axioms (3)

If morph is an instance of morpheme, then there doesn't exist morpheme othermorph so that othermorph is a part of morph and othermorph is not equal to morph. 
(=>
      (instance ?MORPH Morpheme)
      (not
            (exists
                  (?OTHERMORPH)
                  (and
                        (instance ?OTHERMORPH Morpheme)
                        (part ?OTHERMORPH ?MORPH)
                        (not
                              (equal ?OTHERMORPH ?MORPH))))))
If morph is an instance of morpheme, then there exists word word so that morph is a part of word. 
(=>
      (instance ?MORPH Morpheme)
      (exists
            (?WORD)
            (and
                  (instance ?WORD Word)
                  (part ?MORPH ?WORD))))
If word is an instance of word, then there exists morpheme part so that part is a part of word. 
(=>
      (instance ?WORD Word)
      (exists
            (?PART)
            (and
                  (part ?PART ?WORD)
                  (instance ?PART Morpheme))))