Assessing the Impact of Morphological Knowledge on Lexical Acquisition and Processing

Table 2

Sample adjectives by gender and number.

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Saɣeer “small”	Saɣeera “small”
	Kabeer “big”	Kabeera “big”
	Jameel “nice/handsome”	Jameela “nice/beautiful”
Dual	Saɣeeran “small”	Saɣeeratan “small”
	Kabeeran “big”	Kabeeratan “big”
	Jameelan “nice/handsome”	Jameelatan “nice/beautiful”
Plural	Saɣeeruun “small”	Saɣeeraat “small”
	Kabeeruun “big”	Kabeeraat “big”
	Jameeluun “nice/handsome”	Jameelaat “nice/handsome”