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*The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th.

*The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -yø.

*The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -in.

*The regular "feminine" plural is -uth.

*However, there are many irregular plurals, especially nouns derived from construct state constructions. e.g. ''benusz, blenusz'' = human

''køfor, ~~køforyø~~'' ~~(m)~~ = village, villages

''køfor, køforin'' = village, villages

''bagbøg, ~~bagbøgyø~~'' ~~(m)~~ = bottle, bottles

''bagbøg, bagbøgin'' = bottle, bottles

''i, ~~iyø~~'' ~~(m)~~ = island, islands

''i, iin'' = island, islands

''kkiszø, ~~kkiszøyø~~'' ~~(m)~~ = squash, squashes

''kkiszø, kkiszuth'' = squash, squashes

''gøfø, gøfuth'' ~~(f)~~ = corpse, corpses

''gøfø, gøfuth'' = corpse, corpses

''tagrith, tagriyuth'' ~~(f)~~ = incident, incidents

''tagrith, tagriyuth'' = incident, incidents

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.

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 *The regular "feminine" singular suffix is -ø or -th.
-*The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -yø.
+*The regular "masculine" plural suffix is -in.
 *The regular "feminine" plural is -uth.
 *However, there are many irregular plurals, especially nouns derived from construct state constructions. e.g. ''benusz, blenusz'' = human
-''køfor, køforyø'' (m) = village, villages
+''køfor, køforin'' = village, villages
-''bagbøg, bagbøgyø'' (m) = bottle, bottles
+''bagbøg, bagbøgin'' = bottle, bottles
-''i, iyø'' (m) = island, islands
+''i, iin'' = island, islands
-''kkiszø, kkiszøyø'' (m) = squash, squashes
+''kkiszø, kkiszuth'' = squash, squashes
-''gøfø, gøfuth'' (f) = corpse, corpses
+''gøfø, gøfuth'' = corpse, corpses
-''tagrith, tagriyuth'' (f) = incident, incidents
+''tagrith, tagriyuth'' = incident, incidents
 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.