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ABSTRACT As a generalization of left inverse semigroups in the class of regular semigroups, we consider a class of semigroups which we name -inverse semigroups. After introducing the notion of left circle product for semigroups, we give a construction method of such a semigroups. It is proved that a semigroup S is an -inverse semigroup if and only if S can be expressed as a left circle product of an E-ample semigroup and a left regular band. Our work may be regarded as extending the result of Yamada for left inverse semigroups and the structure theorem obtained by Ren-Shum for ℒ*-inverse semigroups.