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 In what follows we describe how prefixation is annotated in the database
-The general guideline that we followed in determining if a verb is prefixed or not is ‘if it can be taken to be a prefix, then it is a prefix’ where the starting point were existing lists of prefixes in BCS and Slovenian (Babić 1986, Klajn 2002 for BCMS, Toporišič 2000 for Slovenian).
+The general guideline that we followed in determining if a verb is prefixed or not is ‘if something can be taken to be a prefix, then it is a prefix’, where the starting point were existing lists of prefixes in BCS and Slovenian (Babić 1986, Klajn 2002 for BCMS, Toporišič 2000 for Slovenian).
 To this end, the first step was to determine if a verb that seems to be prefixed has an unprefixed pair, e.g. Slovenian //prebrati// ‘to finish reading’ has the pair //brati// ‘to read’, the BCS //pročitati// ‘to finish reading’ has the pair //čitati// ‘to read’.
-If the seemingly prefixed verb does not have an unprefixed pair, we have checked if a verb with the same root, but a different prefix exists. If it does, the verb was taken to be prefixed and annotated as such. Examples of this kind are, for example, verbs with the root  //četi//://za-četi// ‘start’, po-četi ‘to do’, //na-četi// ‘start’, //pri-četi// ‘start’,  //za-četi// ‘start’ (even though //četi// does not exist).
+If the seemingly prefixed verb does not have an unprefixed pair, we have checked if a verb with the same root, but a different prefix exists. If it does, the verb was taken to be prefixed and annotated as such. Examples of this kind are, for example, verbs with the root  //četi//://za-četi// ‘start’, po-četi ‘to do’, //na-četi// ‘start’, //pri-četi// ‘start’,  //za-četi// ‘start’ (even though //četi// does not exist). Finally, if there are no corresponding unprefixed verbs or verbs with the same root but other prefixes, verbs were still marked as prefixed if their root is independently attested in other categories (e.g. nouns, adjectives, compounds). Examples of this kind include e.g. //uz-nemiriti// ‘upset’ in BCMS, where //nemiriti// is not attested on its own or with other prefixes, but //nemir// ‘unrest’ exists as a noun.
 In general, the annotation shows if the verb is prefixed and, if it is, which prefixes are present on the verb (see below). The column **Prefixed_verb** shows if a verb has prefix or prefixes (1) or not (0).
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 | Slo| odmevati| 1 |‘to echo.ipfv’, //od// is a potential prefix, the verb //mevati// is not attesed, the noun //odmev// echo |
-=== Complex prefixes ===
+=== Issues ===
+In some cases it is unclear whether the item in question is a single prefix or if it could be further separated. One such example is Slovenian //izpod//-  where prefixes //iz//- //and// pod- also exist (as do prepositions //iz//, //pod// and //izpod//). In the database we decompose these prefixes.
+Loan prefixes were not annotated as prefixes (e.g., //re//- in  //reciklirati// ‘recycle’).
-In some verbs it is unclear whether the item in question is a single prefix or if it could be further separated. One such example is Slovenian izpod-  where prefixes iz- and pod- also exist   (as do prepositions iz, pod and izpod). In the database we decompose these prefixes. note however that this increases the number of multiply prefixed verbs.
 ^ Language ^ Example   ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ Gloss & Notes   ^
-| Slo| izpodbiti| pod| iz| 0|‘to refute.pfv’|
+| Slo| izpodbiti| pod| iz| 0|‘to refute’|
+| BCMS| destabilizovati | 0| 0| 0|‘to ‘destabilize’|