Samasa Pada - සමාස පද - Compound Words.
[මෙම පාඩම පසුව සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කර, පළ කරනු ඇත!]
{This Lesson would be translated into Sinhalese & published later!}
A ten-year-old girl.
Forget-me-nots grow by streams.
He is a good-for-nothing fellow.
I saw three men-of-war in Colombo.
It was a never-to-be-forgotten day.
Is this an up-to-date atlas?
There is no limit to compound words. By the use of them we can turn one part of speech into another. There are no strict laws about them, and you should try to make them yourselves.