Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions
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*The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th. | *The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th. | ||
*The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -in. | *The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -in or ''-e''. | ||
*The regular "feminine" plural is -uth. | *The regular "feminine" plural is -uth. | ||
*However, there are many irregular plurals, especially nouns derived from construct state constructions. e.g. ''benusz, blenusz'' = human | *However, there are many irregular plurals, especially nouns derived from construct state constructions. e.g. ''benusz, blenusz'' = human | ||
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Cretan has lost grammatical gender and the construct state. The only remnant of the construct state is the -th- interfix used in possessive constructions between two nouns that end and begin with a vowel, respectively: e.g. | Cretan has lost grammatical gender and the construct state. The only remnant of the construct state is the -th- interfix used in possessive constructions between two nouns that end and begin with a vowel, respectively: e.g. | ||
*''hadhør-mittø'' = 'bedroom' | *''hadhør-mittø'' = 'bedroom' | ||
*'' | *''ngønove-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | ||
*''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | *''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | ||