suppletive
[ suh-plee-tiv, suhp-li-tiv ]
/ səˈpli tɪv, ˈsʌp lɪ tɪv /
adjective Grammar.
serving as an inflected form of a word with a totally different stem, as went, the suppletive past of go.
including one or more such forms: a suppletive paradigm.
characterized by the use of such forms: suppletive inflection.
Origin of suppletive
1810–20; < Medieval Latin
supplētīvus, equivalent to Latin
supplēt(us) (past participle of
supplēre to fill up; see
suppletion) +
-īvus
-ive