Overview

For the most part, Marīnī does not engage in compounding, especially not as much as the related languages Gce Dlaryv and Ighālyar. Rather, Marīnī prefers to use a number of set suffixes in order to derive nouns and adjectives.

The most productive process of derivation is to derive nouns and adjectives from lexicalized participles and verbal nouns.

Augmentatives

Marīnī has two augmentatives. The suffix -dro has a pejorative sense, whereas the suffix -va carries an honorific sense.

Diminutives

Marīnī likewise has two diminutives. The more affectionate -aedo is also used to derive meronyms, patronyms, matronyms, and loconyms, whereas suffix -kīyyo is considered more objective and is more limited in use.

Instrumental and Agent Nouns

Marīnī has two seperate suffixes to derive instrumental and agent nouns from verbs, the first being a noun used to perform the action and the second being someone who performs the action habitually.