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construct state

American

[kon-struhkt] / ˈkɒn strʌkt /

noun

Grammar.

(in Semitic languages) the inflected form of a noun dependent on a following noun, with the combination expressing a genitive relationship, as Hebrew beth David “house of David,” where beth “house of ” is the construct form of bayit “house.”

First recorded in 1815–25

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