Word Formation and Derivation

3 languages

Persianواژه‌سازی و اشتقاق

C1Persian word formation patterns: prefixes (نا nā- negation, هم ham- co-/fellow), suffixes (-گاه -gāh place, -مند -mand possessing, -بان -bān keeper). Compound nouns and denominal verbs.

Urduلفظ سازی اور اشتقاق

C1Urdu word formation using Perso-Arabic and native patterns: prefixes بے- be- (without), نا- nā- (un-/not), بد- bad- (bad); suffixes -دار -dār (holder), -گاہ -gāh (place), -ناک -nāk (full of). Productive patterns for creating new words.

BasqueHitz Eraketa eta Deribazioa

B2Productive word formation: suffix -tasun (quality: edertasuna = beauty), -garri (adjective: interesgarria = interesting), -tzaile (agent: irakaslea = teacher), -keria (pejorative), compound words.

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