construct state

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construct state

noun construct states

A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.
Similar: status constructus · Opposite: absolute state, status absolutus

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noun a noun form, associated with the genitive

Español	estado constructo
Français	état construit
Deutsch	Status constructus, Constructus (Konstruktus m)
Русский	ида́фа idáfa, изафе́т izafét, смихут smixut
العربية	إِضَافَة ʔiḍāfa
עברית	סְמִיכוּת smikhút

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@misc{construct_state_2026,
  title = {construct state},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/construct%20state},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}