[1] Transfixes are placed into these roots in assigned positions, dictated by templates which are tied to the specific meaning of a given inflection or derivation.
A transfix is not a combination of prefixes, suffixes, and infixes, but its own unique structure which is split through a word.
The Maltese example efficiently demonstrates the broad nature of transfixes and how they can be inserted into a root.
The Arabic example shows the ways in which a great variety of different nouns and verbs can be derived from a single root through the use of transfixes.
The Hausa example demonstrates the presence of transfixation in non-Semitic languages, though the phenomenon does not seem to be attested outside the Afro-Asiatic family.