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root noun

root noun noun: in Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.

Noun

root noun (plural root nouns)

  1. (Indo-European-studies) In Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.

Forms of root noun

pluralroot nouns
alternative formroot-noun

Questions about root noun

What does root noun mean?
Root noun means in Indo-European languages and Proto-Indo-European, an archaic type of noun formed by adding inflectional endings directly to the root, with no intermediate suffixes.
What part of speech is root noun?
Root noun is a noun.
What is the plural of root noun?
The plural of root noun is root nouns.

Words near root noun in the dictionary

  1. root mean squares
  2. root morpheme
  3. root morphemes
  4. root nodule
  5. root nodules
  6. root noun
  7. root nouns
  8. root of all evil
  9. root of scarcity
  10. root of unity
  11. root out

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