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Re: per yuD



At 02:50 98-02-01 -0800, peHruS wrote:
}Because {per yuD} is not written together without a space, I think the plural
}should be {permey yuD}, leaving {yuD} as a verb.  Comments?  Do you folks
}think {per yuD} is a compound noun, which would have the plural {per yuDmey}?

That is the correct way to form the plural of a noun modified by a stative
verb, yes.  Only type 5 suffixes migrate to the adjective.

permey yuD - codenames
per yuDmo' - because of the codename

A combination of a noun and a verb does not make a compound noun.

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