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====Construct adjectives==== | ====Construct adjectives==== | ||
An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Eevo; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''eljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *eli ('worthy'). | An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are chiefly used in literary Eevo; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''eljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *eli ('worthy'). | ||
Construct adjectives are also used in constructions like ''tnoosað ers'' 'easy to learn'. | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||