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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/18/2020 10:42 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div dir="auto">We have the noun {moch} which means "(the)
superior".</div>
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<div dir="auto">I wonder, whether we could use it in noun-noun
constructions as {moch Qelpu'}/{moch maqleghpu'}, to say things
like "the superior doctors"/"the superior priests", i.e. the
doctors/priests who are of higher rank.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The problem is, that reading {moch Qelpu'}, I
understand {the doctors of the superior}, whatever the @!#! this
means..</div>
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<p>Don't confuse the translation <i>Y of the X</i> with a more
genitive meaning where Y is narrowed to the sense of X.</p>
<p><b>moch Qel. </b>It's a doctor. What sort of doctor? A
higher-rank doctor.</p>
<p>I wouldn't expect <b>moch</b> to participate much in noun-noun
constructions like this. It would typically stand alone or be the
head noun. <b>ja'chuq Qel mochDaj je</b><i> The doctor and
his/her superior confer.</i> <b>lagh ra' Sogh mochDaj</b><i>
The ensign is ordered by his lieutenant superior.</i><br>
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