Lexical unit

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A lexical unit (or lexical form) consists of

  1. lemma or citation form,
  2. lexical category
  3. inflection indicators

For instance, the lexical form corresponding to the Spanish surface form cantaríais (you-PL would sing) would be

  1. cantar
  2. verb
  3. conditional, 2nd person, plural