What really matters is the ending (the “desinence”) of the elements.    From Wordnik.com.  [X is for X-bar Theory « An A-Z of ELT] Reference

Conservation must, therefore, be the rule, and desinence the impossible exception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life: Its True Genesis] Reference

There are not that many desinences, it is actually the null desinence which makes the nouns to expose a variety of endings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference

The desinence -ê'ïos has been given an entry of its her? own, with what are actually the definition and examples of the whole word "parthenê'ïos", which in turn does have an entry in Slater's Lexicon to Pindar.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE NEW SAPPHO.] Reference

While in English, German, French and other Romance languages the determination (definite or indefinite) occurs by placing an element beforehand, the Nordic languages add a desinence to the noun: the house, das Haus, la maison, la casa, huset (indefinite form: hus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding Each Other in Different Languages] Reference

The desinence - kut'qin in these tribal names means inhabitants of (as well as 'tenne in other Déné denominations) and not men, as American ethnologists have freely stated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference

The desinence -ê'ïos.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE NEW SAPPHO.] Reference