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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. ''nganwiyø-th-anf'' 'the grapes of wrath'.
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.