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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 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. | ||
*''ngønowiyø-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath' | |||
*''nøszomø-th-ahwø'' 'spirit of brotherhood' | |||
*The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th. | *The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th. | ||