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:''azrâtabún'' (‘I rewrite’) versus ''azrâbún'' (‘I write’). | :''azrâtabún'' (‘I rewrite’) versus ''azrâbún'' (‘I write’). | ||
===== | =====Verbs to adjectives and nouns===== | ||
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’). | |||
The verbal adverb, which denotes an ongoing action of the verb, is formed by suffixing ''-šku''. | |||
:''azalušku'' (‘away-dwindling’) from '''√LUH-''' (‘diminish’). | |||
The agent noun, that is someone who carries out the action, is formed by adding the circumfix ''ya-...-a'' to the verb root. | |||
:''yabika'' (‘builder’) from '''√BIK-''' (‘build’). | |||
To form a result noun, the verb root takes the suffix ''-šdi'' | |||
:''râšdi'' (‘knowledge’) from '''√RAK-''' (‘find’). | |||
=====Nouns to adjectives===== | |||
Nouns can become adjectives by adding the suffix ''-du''. | |||
:''ašaddu'' (‘stony’) from ''ašakh'' (‘stone’). | |||
=====Adjectives to nouns===== | |||
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’). | ||
=====Augmentatives and diminutives===== | =====Augmentatives and diminutives===== | ||