// n. In certain languages, notably Semitic languages, an overtly inflected form which is assumed by a noun to indicate that it is possessed or modified by another noun or NP which itself may exhibit no overt inflection. For example, in Hebrew,...

The status constructus or construct state is a noun form occurring in Afro-Asiatic languages. It is particularly common in Semitic languages (such as Arabic and Hebrew), Berber languages, and in the extinct Egyptian language. It occurs when a...