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*'''Triliterals''' - Triliterals are few, but also consist of derivations of biliterals. They have three bare consonants.
*'''Triliterals''' - Triliterals are few, but also consist of derivations of biliterals. They have three bare consonants.


====Vowel pattern====
====Vowel patterns====
The Attian patterns of transfixes, "vowel patterns", are plentiful and most often rather irregular.  The patterns are diverse for nouns, but the verbs have more standardised forms; see the section on [[Attian#Conjugation|verbal inflexion]].
 
Some forms do not exist in combination with certain radicals - should the semantics or phonotactics forbid. At times, the meaning of some vowel patterns may coincide and create synonyms. One example is ''ethnema'', ''thenma'' and ''thina'', all meaning "language".
 


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|-
|-
! Alienable
! Alienable
|CaCa
|C₁aC₂a
|eCiCa
|eC₁iC₂a
|CiCa
|C₁iC₂a
|CaCa
|C₁aC₂a
|-
|-
! Inalienable
! Inalienable
|CeCi
|C₁eC₂i
|eCCi
|eC₁C₂i
|CaCi
|C₁aC₂i
|uCCa
|uC₁C₂a
|-
|-
! Abstract
! Abstract
|aCiCa
|aC₁iC₂a
|eCiCa
|eC₁iC₂a
|CiCa
|C₁iC₂a
|CeCa
|C₁eC₂a
|-
|-
! Concrete
! Concrete
|aCCa
|aC₁C₂a
|eCiCa
|eC₁iC₂a
|CaCu
|C₁aC₂u
|aCCu
|aC₁C₂u
|-
|-
|}
|}




This Attian procedure is an unusual system of derivation. From any particular root various verb and noun stems may be formed, each with its own template (though there are few verbs where all stem patterns can be successfully applied). Roots are always presented in the following form: √''C-C-C''. Below are a few examples, of bi- and triliteral roots, in the first conjugational template.  
Above is a table of gender contrasting with characteristics, which displays a few of the vowel patterns, at least those that are predictable in form and meaning. Below are a few applications of the patterns on a few roots.  


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This is the first introduction of the template glossing. Since the Attian language utilises transfixes, the glossing is made with a slash following the translated word, and the glossing thereafter. Circumfixes are marked with angle brackets. To clarify, here is a previous example:
Since the Attian language utilises transfixes, the glossing is made with a slash ⟨ / ⟩ following the translated word, and the glossing thereafter.


==Nouns==
==Nouns==
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