Simple words consist of one root morpheme and an inflexion (in many
cases the inflexion is zero), e.g. “red”, “ask”, “leg”;
Derived words consist of one root morpheme, one or several affixes and an
inflexion, e.g. “
aimless”, “unemployed”, “disbelief”;
Compound words consist of two or more root morphemes and an
inflexion, e.g. “foreign-made”, “red-haired”, “to daydream”;
Compound-derived words consist of two or more root morphemes, one or
more affixes and an inflexion, e.g. “a stay-slim diet”,“an out-of-town
performance”, “do-it-your-self principle”.
In the Uzbek language they can be classified into:
Word Simple
Derived
Compound-derived
Compound
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Simple words in Uzbek can be subdivided in to root “ ўқи”, “келди”, and
derived “билим”, “улғай”, “серзавқ”.
A distinctive feature of Uzbek language is having the types of words such