Stems
In a synthetic language stems are meaninful roots which are used to create words (nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives etc) by adding different prefixes/suffixes.
~ denotes verb root, + denotes adjective root
Examples
zna~ зна~ (know) [verb root]
čern+ черн+ (black) [adjective root]
~š ~ш (2nd person singular verb)
znaš, знаш (you know)
~l ~л (past verb)
znal, знал (knew)
+a (female singular adjective)
černa vdova, черна вдова (black widow) [adjective matches noun gender]
~n+ ~н+ (verb to adjective converter)
znan+, знан+ (known) [adjective]
znana vdova, знана вдова (known widow)
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