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Verbs have absolute and conjunct stems, much like in Old Irish. With a preverb or an ''incorporandum'' (incorporated noun stem), the conjunct form is used. | Verbs have absolute and conjunct stems, much like in Old Irish. With a preverb or an ''incorporandum'' (incorporated noun stem), the conjunct form is used. | ||
Old Irish-style absolute-conjunct: How is it realized? | The process of attaching preverbs such as prepositions to verbs was productive in Proto-Talmic, which then was repurposed for applicatives and for noun incorporation in Old Roshterian [unlike in Thensarian which took a path more akin to IE languages]. Old Irish-style absolute-conjunct: How is it realized? | ||
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! style="width: 100px;" | 1 (first) | ! style="width: 100px;" | 1 (first) | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | ... | ! style="width: 100px;" | ... | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | -1 (penult) | ! style="width: 100px;" | n-1 (penult) | ||
! style="width: 100px;" | | ! style="width: 100px;" | n (final) | ||
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! Absolute | ! Absolute | ||
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| '''secondary''' || unstressed || unstressed|| '''primary''' || unstressed | | '''secondary''' || unstressed || unstressed|| '''primary''' || unstressed | ||
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Handwave: This creates a succession of unstressed syllables in the conjunct form which gets smooshed together in Old Roshterian | Handwave: This creates a succession of unstressed syllables in the conjunct form which gets smooshed together in Old Roshterian | ||