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What are the morphemes in irreplaceability? (Are the morphemes a root, suffix, or prefix?) Thank you!

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Morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language. tthere are 5 morphemes in the word irreplaceability.

ir//re//place//able//ity//

IR

RE

PLACE

ABLE

ITY

All the roots suffixes and prefixes might be morphemes.

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Study of language by George yule High school English Grammar by Wren and Martin Merriam Webster Dictionary