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 | **Value** | **Description** | | **Value** | **Description** |
 | ind | indefinite | | ind | indefinite |
 +| spec | specific indefinite ("a certain stick") |
 | def | definite | | def | definite |
 | cons | reduced: used in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_constructus|construct state]] in Arabic. If two nouns are in genitive relation, the first one (the "nomen regens") has "reduced definiteness," the second is the genitive and can be either definite or indefinite. Reduced form has neither the definite morpheme (article), nor the indefinite morpheme (nunation). For instance: indefinite state: حلوَةٌ //ḥulwatun// “a sweet”; definite state: الحلوَةُ //al-ḥulwatu// “the sweet”; حلوَةُ //ḥulwatu// “sweet of”. | | cons | reduced: used in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_constructus|construct state]] in Arabic. If two nouns are in genitive relation, the first one (the "nomen regens") has "reduced definiteness," the second is the genitive and can be either definite or indefinite. Reduced form has neither the definite morpheme (article), nor the indefinite morpheme (nunation). For instance: indefinite state: حلوَةٌ //ḥulwatun// “a sweet”; definite state: الحلوَةُ //al-ḥulwatu// “the sweet”; حلوَةُ //ḥulwatu// “sweet of”. |
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 | sup | superlative, third degree | | sup | superlative, third degree |
 | abs | absolute superlative | | abs | absolute superlative |
 +| equ | equative ("same quality as the other object") |
 | dim | diminutive (used for nouns e.g. in Dutch: "stoeltje", "huisje", "nippertje") | | dim | diminutive (used for nouns e.g. in Dutch: "stoeltje", "huisje", "nippertje") |
 | aug | augmentative (for nouns, opposite of diminutive; both dim and aug are used in the Freeling tagset of Portuguese | | aug | augmentative (for nouns, opposite of diminutive; both dim and aug are used in the Freeling tagset of Portuguese |

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