Editing Suret language (section)

=== Consonantal root ===
Most NENA [[noun]]s and verbs are built from [[Semitic root#Triconsonantal roots|triconsonantal roots]], which are a form of word formation in which the [[root (linguistics)|root]] is modified and which does not involve stringing [[morpheme]]s together sequentially. Unlike Arabic, [[broken plural]]s are not present. Semitic languages typically utilise triconsonantal roots, forming a "grid" into which vowels may be inserted without affecting the basic root.<ref>{{cite book |last=Haspelmath |first=Martin |title=Understanding Morphology |year=2002 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |isbn=0-340-76026-5}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2021}}

The root ''{{transliteration|syc|š-q-l}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫ-ܩ-ܠ}}) has the basic meaning of "taking", and the following are some words that can be formed from this root:

*''{{transliteration|syc|šqil-leh}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ}}): "he has taken" (literally "taken-by him")
*''{{transliteration|syc|šāqil}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܵܩܸܠ}}): "he takes"
*''{{transliteration|syc|šāqlā}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܵܩܠܵܐ}}): "she takes"
*''{{transliteration|syc|šqul}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܩܘܿܠ}}): "take!"
*''{{transliteration|syc|šqālā}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܩܵܠܵܐ}}): "taking"
*''{{transliteration|syc|šqīlā}}'' ({{lang|syc|ܫܩܝܼܠܵܐ}}): "taken"