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====Construct adjectives==== | ====Construct adjectives==== | ||
An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives | An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives survive in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy'). | ||
Construct adjectives are also used in constructions like ''noosað ers'' 'easy to learn'. | Construct adjectives are also used in constructions like ''noosað ers'' 'easy to learn', and ''lloosað fehd'' 'red-eyed'. | ||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||