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** '''General roots''' – These are semantically broad and cover multiple meanings. They are highly productive in forming compounds. E.g. ''dîn'', "action, creation". | ** '''General roots''' – These are semantically broad and cover multiple meanings. They are highly productive in forming compounds. E.g. ''dîn'', "action, creation". | ||
** '''Common roots''' – These are semantically narrow, referring to commonly used concepts. They are less productive in forming compounds. E.g. ''corc'', "oats". | ** '''Common roots''' – These are semantically narrow, referring to commonly used concepts. They are less productive in forming compounds. E.g. ''corc'', "oats". | ||
* '''Functional roots''' – This includes grammatical function words like conjunctions, prepositions, demonstratives, and others. | * '''Functional roots''' – This includes grammatical function words like conjunctions, prepositions, demonstratives, and others. Whether or not these compound depends on the individual root; as a general rule, prepositions can compound while conjunctions, demonstratives, and other particles cannot. E.g. ''hiûn'', "of, from, since". | ||
* '''Bound roots''' – Affixes and clitics, which can only occur in compounds, not as independent words. E.g. ''-al'', the general-purpose adjective-forming suffix. | * '''Bound roots''' – Affixes and clitics, which can only occur in compounds, not as independent words. E.g. ''-al'', the general-purpose adjective-forming suffix. | ||
Some roots exist in two categories, for example the verbal clitic "ni" which can also appear as an independent particle under certain circumstances – | |||
===Proper nouns=== | ===Proper nouns=== | ||
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*** ''tîr'' – "country, land" | *** ''tîr'' – "country, land" | ||
<small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al''. That suffix tends to form adjectives with a more active meaning, somewhat like a gerundive; ''êndînal'' would mean "unifying, uniting" rather than "unified, united".</small> | <small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al''. That suffix tends to form adjectives with a more active/progressive meaning, somewhat like a gerundive; ''êndînal'' would mean "unifying, uniting" rather than "unified, united".</small> | ||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||