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compound: compound

The compound relation is presently used for two constructions.

Currently noun–noun compounds are annotated with nmod.

Examples

Reduplicated adjectives and adverbs

The motivation here is that they can appear both attributively and predicatively and the use is to intensify the meaning.

Attributive: lèabagan mòra mòra an fheadhainn ud ‘very big flounders those ones’ (c10_161)

tràigh mhòr mhòr mhòr ‘a very very low tide’ (c06_082a)

Predicative: cha robh e ach beag beag ‘it was nothing but really small’ (c10_165)

If on the other hand there is a sequence of adjectives that aren’t all the same adjective then they are connected to whatever they describe separately and with their own relations:

fhìor sheann fhreumhan ‘very old roots’ (fp07_007)

deug

an naodhamh latha deug ‘the nineteenth day’ (fp06_001)


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