Morphology

The forms ’raamah — raamau — raamaah’ indicate the three numbers (singular, dual, and plural) in Sanskrit. The dual number ’raamau’ refers to two items, and Sanskrit is known for being highly inflectional with grammatical markers for number and case.

Irregular verbs do not follow the standard rules for conjugation. ’Cut’ and ’put’ are examples of irregular verbs because their base form, past tense, and past participle forms are the same.

An acronym is formed by taking the initial letters of a phrase or series of words. ”WHO” stands for World Health Organization.

Conversion is the process by which a word of one grammatical class is used as a word of another grammatical class without any change in its form. For example, the noun ”run” can be used as a verb.

Abbreviations are formed by shortening longer terms or phrases. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Coinage refers to the process of creating new words or phrases in a language, often based on necessity or innovation. These words may not come from existing roots or affixes.

Blending involves merging parts of two words to form a new one. ”Brunch” is a blend of ”breakfast” and ”lunch.”

A compound word is formed by combining two or more words to create a new word. ”Black-board” is a compound word made up of ”black” and ”board.”