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<small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need both for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al'' and for the verbal clitic ''ni'' that would occur at the beginning of ''niêndîn'' to mean "unify, unite". 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>
<small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need both for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al'' and for the verbal clitic ''ni'' that would occur at the beginning of ''niêndîn'' to mean "unify, unite". 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>


===Compounds===
=== Compounds ===
Cân Gert morphology features both [[w:Morphological derivation|derivation]] and [[w:Inflection|inflection]], both of which create compounds. In Cân Gert this is distinguished by whether the compound is a lexeme, or a non-lemma form of an existing lexeme.
Cân Gert morphology features both [[w:Morphological derivation|derivation]] and [[w:Inflection|inflection]], both of which create compounds. In Cân Gert this is distinguished by whether the compound is a lexeme, or a non-lemma form of an existing lexeme.


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If the answer to 1 is "yes" or the answer to 2 is "no", the new word is a lexeme. Otherwise, it is a non-lemma form of an existing lexeme. The process can be done in reverse, by taking away roots from a compound, to determine what form of a lexeme is its lemma form.
If the answer to 1 is "yes" or the answer to 2 is "no", the new word is a lexeme. Otherwise, it is a non-lemma form of an existing lexeme. The process can be done in reverse, by taking away roots from a compound, to determine what form of a lexeme is its lemma form.


When concatenating substantive and/or functional roots and/or compounds, the first modifies the second. That is:
==== Example: Derivation ====
 
: ''orn'' ("song") + ''ion'' ("bird") → ''ornion'' – songbird, a bird which sings
 
But:
 
: ''ion'' + ''orn'' → ''ionorn'' – birdsong, the song of a bird
 
This neatly disambiguates the meanings created by compounds from the meanings created by modifier nouns or adjectives. For example, with ''ûn'' "green" and ''tî'' "tea":
* ''ûntî'' – green tea
* ''tî ûn'' – a kind of tea that is green
* ''tî ûnal'' – tea which happens to be green
 
==== Derivation example ====
Appending ''din'' ("person, human") to the word ''bartei'' ("workplace, office", from ''bar'', "work, job" + ''tei'', "house, building, facility") creates the compound ''barteidin'' meaning "officer, official, office worker".
Appending ''din'' ("person, human") to the word ''bartei'' ("workplace, office", from ''bar'', "work, job" + ''tei'', "house, building, facility") creates the compound ''barteidin'' meaning "officer, official, office worker".


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Therefore, this is an example of derivation, and ''barteidin'' is a lexeme, rather than a non-lemma form of ''bartei''.
Therefore, this is an example of derivation, and ''barteidin'' is a lexeme, rather than a non-lemma form of ''bartei''.


==== Inflection example ====
==== Example: Inflection ====
Prepending ''tor'' ("many, much") to the word ''bartei'' creates the compound ''torbartei'' meaning "workplaces, offices".
Prepending ''tor'' ("many, much") to the word ''bartei'' creates the compound ''torbartei'' meaning "workplaces, offices".


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Therefore, this is an example of inflection, and ''torbartei'' is a non-lemma form of ''bartei''.
Therefore, this is an example of inflection, and ''torbartei'' is a non-lemma form of ''bartei''.
=== Derivational morphology ===
When concatenating substantive and/or functional roots and/or compounds, the first modifies the second. That is:
: ''orn'' ("song") + ''ion'' ("bird") → ''ornion'' – songbird, a bird which sings
But:
: ''ion'' + ''orn'' → ''ionorn'' – birdsong, the song of a bird
This neatly disambiguates the meanings created by compounds from the meanings created by modifier nouns or adjectives. For example, with ''ûn'' "green" and ''tî'' "tea":
* ''ûntî'' – green tea
* ''tî ûn'' – a kind of tea that is green
* ''tî ûnal'' – tea which happens to be green


==Nominal morphology==
==Nominal morphology==

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