A root is the core of a word with nothing attached, a stem can have grammatical affixes added, and a base can have any affix, whether derivational or grammatical, added. The document provides examples to illustrate the differences, such as "like" being a root, "dislike" a base, and "disliked" a stem, as well as multi-word terms with roots and affixes forming bases.

1. Morphology
Level-5
Root, Base and Stem

2. *Root
Root is the irreducible core of a word, with
absolutely nothing else attached to it.

3. *Stem
Stem is a word element to which grammatical or inflectional suffixes
can be added.

4. *Base
Base is any unit of word to which affixes of any kind
derivational/lexical can be added.
Example:
Like (root)>dislike (base)>disliked (stem)

5.  Crow base consisting of a single root
 Crows base consisting of a single root; stem+ gram.
Affix
 Crowbar base consisting of two roots crowbars stem+
gram. Affix
 Minority base consisting of root+ affix
 Gentlemanly base consisting of two roots+ lexical affix
 Southernmost base consisting of root+ lexical affix
 Deserted base consisting of a root; also a stem
 Irish- American base consisting of two bases, each consisting
of a root+ a lexical affix
*Examples