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===Other languages=== In most North African and some Levantine [[varieties of Arabic]], verbs are negated by placing the circumfix ''ma''{{circumfix|...}}''š'' around the verb together with all its prefixes and suffixed direct- and indirect-object pronouns. For example, [[Egyptian Arabic|Egyptian]] ''bitgibuhum-laha'' "you bring them to her" is negated as ''ma{{circumfix|bitgibuhum-lahā}}š'' "you don't bring them to her". In [[Berber languages]] the feminine is marked with the circumfix ''t''{{circumfix|...}}''t''. The word ''afus'' "hand" becomes ''t''{{circumfix|''afus''}}''t''. In [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]], ''θ''{{circumfix|''issli''}}''θ'' "bride" derives from ''issli'' "groom". From ''bni'', to build, with ''t''{{circumfix|...}}''t'' we obtain ''tbnit'' "thou buildest". Negation in [[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] is also done with circumfixes, ''nd''{{circumfix|...}}''i'' and ''nd''{{circumfix|...}}''mo'ãi'' for [[future tense|future]] negation. In some [[Slavic languages]], and in [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], the [[superlative]] of adjectives is formed with a circumfix. For example, in [[Czech language|Czech]], the circumfix ''nej''{{circumfix|...}}''ší'' is used – ''mladý'' "young" becomes ''nejmladší'' "youngest". The corresponding circumfix in Hungarian is ''leg''{{circumfix|...}}''bb'', as in ''legnagyobb'' "biggest", from ''nagy'' "big". (In both cases, the [[comparative]] form is produced using the suffix without the prefix: ''mladší'' "younger"; ''nagyobb'' "bigger".) In [[Gurmanchema language|Gurmanchema]] and [[Wolof language|Wolof]], noun classes are indicated by circumfix.
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