{-gIr} added
to certain noun stems to form the masculine noun functioning as the
patient of the source noun.
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For example:
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temašo
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‘fun, culteral
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t mašgIr
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‘spectator,
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activety’ |
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audience’ |
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{-a -}
is a very productive noun formative which is added to infinitive oblique
as well as to noun stem to form the agentive noun stem which can then take
gender-number suffixes. The noun forms are given below in the masculine
form.
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h i
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‘shop’
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hi-ao
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‘shop keeper’
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dUd
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‘milk’
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dUd-a-o
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‘milk man’
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rakhi
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‘watch,
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rakhi-a-o
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‘watchman,
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protection’
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protector’
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pi
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‘to drink’
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pi-a-o
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‘drinker’
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etc |
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{-gan} added to the stem belonging to common noun class to get the
abstract noun. For example:
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bcc-o
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‘child’
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bcgan
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‘childhood’
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The suffix {-i} added to certain common nouns to form the abstract
nouns and the gender of such nouns is always feminine.
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Examples are :
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‘farmer’ |
jĨwidari
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‘farming’
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badša
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‘king’
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badšai
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‘kingdom’
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dUšm/
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‘enemy’
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dUšmi
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‘enmity’
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B. Nouns Derived From Adjectives
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Certain nouns are derived from adjective stems and such nouns are of
various types.
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{-i}, {-ai} {-yai}, {-awt},
{-gi}, {- wo},
{-pn},
{pU o}
are the suffixes added to the adjective stems and the nouns so derived are
abstract. All these nouns except derived from {-E)wo},
{-pUn} and {-pU¸p}
are feminine in gender. Examples are :
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{-i} usually added to uniflected consonantal ending adjectives.
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mEÛrban
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‘kind’
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m rbain
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‘kindness’
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Ucaţ
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‘fickle’
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Ucaţi
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‘fickleness’
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kmjor
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‘weak’
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kmjori
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‘weakness’
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bxil
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‘prejudiced,
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bxili
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‘prejudice,
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jealous’
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jealousy’ |
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lajm
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‘ashamed’
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lajmi
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‘same, shyness’
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nek
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‘gentle’
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neki
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‘gentleness’ |
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bemkuf
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‘fool, stupid’ |
bemkufi
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‘foolishness,
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stupidity’
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berob
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‘not influencing |
berobi |
‘non influence’ |
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bezt
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‘disrespected’
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bezti
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‘insult’
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kamyab
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‘successful’
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kamyabi
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‘success’
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dler
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‘brave’
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dleri
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‘bravery’
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{-ai} and {-yai} are in free variation and are usually added to the
adjective stems which ar inflecting ones Examples:
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p l-o
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‘good’
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plai
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‘goodness’
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plyai
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lmmo
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‘long’ |
lmai
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‘length’
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lmyai
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mo-o
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‘thick,fat’
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mai
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‘thickness’
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myai
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cf o
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‘broad’
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cfai
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‘breadth’
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cfyai
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