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An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are mainly used in constructions like ''hnoosað ers'' 'easy to learn', and ''lloosað fiah'' 'red-eyed'. In addition they survive in some fixed expressions and prepositions. | An adjective may be placed in the construct state by suffixing ''-að''. Construct adjectives are mainly used in constructions like ''hnoosað ers'' 'easy to learn', and ''lloosað fiah'' 'red-eyed'. In addition they survive in some fixed expressions and prepositions. | ||
*''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy'). | *''deljað'' is a preposition meaning 'worth; worthy of', and is the construct form of an adjective *deli ('worthy'). | ||
*''gruað'' means "free of" | *''gruað'' means "devoid of, lacking" | ||
*''segað'' means "free of" | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||