A lesson in Spanish morphology

Let us consider for a moment the word "lelo" (pronounced "lay-lo"). If we break it down into its parts we get "lel-", which is the lexical morpheme that conveys the meaning "retard", and "-o", which is the grammatical morpheme that conveys the gender of the retard to whom you are referring (in this case, a male). If "-o" is the morpheme that typically conveys masculinity in the Spanish language and "-a" is the morpheme that conveys femininity, then a female retard would be?


Exactly.