Word: empests
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: em
pests
Definition: Third-person singular of empest. To infect
Morphemes:
Affix: em-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
Affix: pest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A plague, pestilence, epidemic
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pestis
Language: la
Decoded: pestis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a disease, plague
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs