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Nouns inflect for number and definiteness. Adjectives agree with nouns in number. | Nouns inflect for number and definiteness. Adjectives agree with nouns in number. | ||
Cretan has lost grammatical gender. | 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. ''nganwiyø-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath'. | ||
*The regular feminine singular suffix is -ø or -th. | *The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th. | ||
*The regular masculine plural suffix is | *The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -yø. | ||
*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 | ||
''køfor, | ''køfor, køforyø'' (m) = village, villages | ||
''bagbøg, | ''bagbøg, bagbøgyø'' (m) = bottle, bottles | ||
''i, iyø'' (m) = island, islands | ''i, iyø'' (m) = island, islands | ||