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''køfor, køforin'' = village, villages | ''køfor, køforin'' = village, villages | ||
'' | ''bakkbøkk, bakkbøkkin'' = bottle, bottles | ||
''i, iin'' = island, islands | ''i, iin'' = island, islands | ||
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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- | *''hadhør-mittø'' 'bedroom' | ||
*''ngønove-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | *''ngønove-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | ||
*''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | *''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | ||