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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' | |||
*''ngønowiyø-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | *''ngønowiyø-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | ||
*''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | *''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | ||