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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 Skellan; it also survives in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy').
An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives survive in some fixed expressions and prepositions. For example, ''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy').


Construct adjectives are also used in constructions like ''noosað ers'' 'easy to learn'.
Construct adjectives are also used in constructions like ''noosað ers'' 'easy to learn', and ''lloosað fehd'' 'red-eyed'.


===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
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