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Typically, a root plus an interfix forms a stem, and adding an suffix forms a word. Interfixes are not mandatory. | Typically, a root plus an interfix forms a stem, and adding an suffix forms a word. Interfixes are not mandatory. | ||
* Dlàv- ‘Dlav (language)’, nouns like that, lacking an interfix, are often called root nouns. | * Dlàv- ‘Dlav (language)’, nouns like that, lacking an interfix, are often called root nouns. | ||
* | * Dlv-ey- ‘a Dlav speaker’, with an interfix, nouns with an interfix are called stem nouns. | ||
* | * Dlv-i-ra ‘a Dlav speaker’, with a suffix. | ||
Interfixes and suffixes always zero grade the preceding element. Zero grade nouns don't change. | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||