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-spul

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The productive suffixoid-spul derives neuter nouns from nouns. The noun to which the suffix is related is spul things, matters. There is a strong relationship with the suffix -guod. An example of a derivation ending in -spul is iten food > itensspul food, eatables. The derivations always have a more or less collective element in them.

General properties
Other suffixes that form collective nouns

[+]General properties

Nouns ending in the suffix -spul have a nominal base. The derivations have neuter gender. The table below shows some examples:

Table 1

Base form	Derivation
iten food	itensspul food, eatables
blêd leaf	blêdspul collection of leafs
bôle bread	bôlespul all kinds of bread
fleis meat	fleisspul small pieces of all kinds of meat
klean clothes	kleanspul clothes
term intestine	termspul intestinal tract
tûke branch	tûkespul collection of branches

The derivations have a collective element, referring to the whole of leafs, clothes, etcetera. Sometimes there is a negative connotation, which can be found in more collectivizing suffixes (see the section on other suffixes that form collective nouns below).

-Spul is a suffixoid: as a suffix, it grammaticalized from the noun spul things, matters. It also kept the gender of that noun, which is neuter. The word tûke branch, for instance, is common, whereas tûkespul collection of branches is a neuter word.