A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese

mkV_VII Str -> Str -> Root -> V Form VII verb: mkV_VII "xeħet" "nxteħet" (mkRoot
"x-ħ-t")
mkV_VIII Str -> Root -> V Form VIII verb: mkV_VIII "xteħet" (mkRoot "x-ħt")
mkV_IX Str -> Root -> V Form IX verb: mkV_IX "sfar" (mkRoot "s-f-r")
mkV_X Str -> Root -> V Form X verb: mkV_X "stagħġeb" (mkRoot "għ-ġ-b")
presPartV Str -> V -> V Add the present participle to a verb: ħiereġ
presPartV Str -> Str -> Str -> V -> V Add the present participle to a verb: ħiereġ, ħierġa,
ħierġin
pastPartV Str -> V -> V Add the past participle to a verb: miktub
pastPartV Str -> Str -> Str -> V -> V Add the past participle to a verb: miktub, miktuba,
miktubin
mkVS V -> VS sentence-compl
mkV3 V -> V3 ditransitive: ta, _, _
mkV3 V -> Prep -> Prep -> V3 two prepositions: kellem, ma’, fuq
mkV3 V -> Prep -> V3 one preposition: ta, _, lil
mkV2V V -> Prep -> Prep -> V2V ried, _, lil
Table A.7: Morphological paradigms: others
Function Type Explanation
mkConj Str -> Conj Conjunction: wieħed tnejn u tlieta
mkConj Str -> Str -> Conj Conjunction: wieħed , tnejn u tlieta
mkA Str -> A Regular adjective with predictable feminine and
plural forms: bravu
mkA Str -> Str -> A Infer feminine from masculine; no comparative
form: sabiħ, sbieħ
mkA Str -> Str -> Str -> A Explicit feminine form; no comparative form: sabiħ,
sabiħa, sbieħ
mkA Str -> Str -> Str -> Str -> A All forms: sabiħ, sabiħa, sbieħ, isbaħ
sameA Str -> A Adjective with same forms for masculine, feminine
and plural: blu
mkA2 A -> Prep -> A2 -
mkA2 A -> Str -> A2 -
mkAS A -> AS -
mkAdv Str -> Adv post-verbal adverb: illum
mkAdV Str -> AdV preverbal adverb: dejjem
mkAdA Str -> AdA adverb modifying adjective: pjuttost
mkAdN Str -> AdN adverb modifying numeral: madwar
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