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It is possible to derive new verbs, adjectives, and nouns from each other by applying the relevant suffix. | It is possible to derive new verbs, adjectives, and nouns from each other by applying the relevant suffix. | ||
======Adjectives====== | |||
These may be nominalized with several suffixes. | These may be nominalized with several suffixes. | ||
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The abstract suffix ''-(a)dda'' creates nouns that mean ‘the quality of the adjective’. | The abstract suffix ''-(a)dda'' creates nouns that mean ‘the quality of the adjective’. | ||
:''sûkhnâdda'' (‘oldness’) from the adjective ''sûkhnâ'' (‘old’). | :''sûkhnâdda'' (‘oldness’) from the adjective ''sûkhnâ'' (‘old’). | ||
======Verbs====== | |||
The verb root can also serve as the basis for constructing new adjectives and nouns. | |||
The verbal adjective, which denotes a result or state by the verb, is formed by doubling the final root consonant and adding the circumfix ''a-...-î''. | |||
:''amahhî'' (‘knowing’) from '''√MAH-''' (‘know’). | |||
To form an agent noun, the verb root received the circumfix ''ya-...-a''. | |||
:''yabika'' (‘builder’) from '''√BIK-''' (‘build’). | |||
=====Augmentatives and diminutives===== | =====Augmentatives and diminutives===== | ||