Word: abysmal
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: a
bys
mal
Definition: extremely bad; terrible.
Morphemes:
Affix: abysm
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: βυθός
Language: grc
Decoded: buthos
Meaning: depth of the sea
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.