formsnoun
Formsnoun is a term used in linguistics to refer to the inflectional or derivational forms a word can take. It is essentially a way of categorizing the different grammatical shapes a lexical item can adopt. For example, the noun "cat" has several forms, including "cats" (plural) and "cat's" (possessive). Similarly, the verb "walk" can appear as "walks" (third-person singular present), "walked" (past tense and past participle), and "walking" (present participle).
These forms are typically generated through morphological processes such as affixation, internal vowel changes (like "sing"
Understanding formsnoun is crucial for analyzing sentence structure and meaning. It helps linguists identify the grammatical