Morphological forms

Published

March 29, 2024

Substantives

There are three types of substantive form. They are instantiated from three rule types and three stem types.

GMFNoun: has GMPGender, GMPCase, GMPNumber. Note that gender is inherent (see user’s guide on stem records)

GMFPronoun: has GMPGender, GMPCase, GMPNumber but in contrast to GMFNoun, gender can vary.

GMFAdjective: has GMPGender, GMPCase, GMPNumber and GMPDegree.

Adverbs

GMFAdverb has GMPDegree. Distinct rule type combined with stems for adjective.

Verbal forms

Verb stems combine with distinct rule types for:

GMFFiniteVerb: GMPPerson, GMPNumber, GMPTense, GMPMood, GMPVoice

GMFInfinitive: GMPTense, GMPVoice

GMFParticiple: GMPTense, GMPVoice, GMPGender, GMPCase, GMPNumber

GMFVerbalAdjecive: GMPGender, GMPCase, GMPNumber; no degree; unlike nouns and pronouns, derived from a verbal stem.

Uninflected forms

GMFUninflected have GMPUninflectedType. Distinct rule type and stem type.

CEX collection of all possible forms

The kanones github repository includes a delimited-text list of all forms recognized by Kanones.