-k-
Pronunciation
This interfix is strictly a written phenomenon, serving to indicate the preservation of a hard c.Interfix
interfix
- (chiefly in verb forms) Added after a word’s terminal ‘c’ when it is suffixed by a morpheme beginning in ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘æ’, or ‘œ’ (usually -ed or -ing), so as to preserve its “hard†sound (as opposed to ).