Re: CHAT: German help
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 30, 2006, 5:31 |
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On 6/30/06, Julia Schnecki Simon <helicula@...> wrote:
> This type of adjective formation (N+ig meaning "having N", e.g.
> _löchrig_ "holey" or _rothaarig_ "red-haired") isn't uncommon, but
> it's not productive anymore
Which is why I'd put a star on *gebrauchsspurig, personally -- it's
not a "valid word" in my internal lexicon, and since the suffix is not
productive, you can't coin new valid words with it.
I'd understand it, though (at least in the context).
And it's possible that it _is_ a word in common use in the jargon of
the used-books trade, but it's not one I'd come across before.
FWIW.
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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