2) Kammadhaaraya Compounds:

There are four general types of kaamadhaaraya compound constructions:

1) adj+substantive(noun) black-bird
2) adjective (or adverb)+adjective(or participle) 'intensely lovely'
or 'soft spoken'
3) substantive+adj ice-cold
4) substantive+substantive girl-friend

English:

1) Black-bird: a bird that is black
2) Soft-spoken
3) Ice-cold: cold like ice
4) Girl-friend: friend who is a girl

Paa.li:

1) Akaalamegho: untimely cloud
2) Sammaapaṭipanna: rightly disposed, rightly seen (as in right view)
3) Paa.nasama: lit: `The same as life', hence: 'dear as life'.
4) Raajisi: "king-sage" (there is elistion of the –an)

The key to recognizing these compounds is noting that the anterior
term qualifies the posterior term (which predominates) adjectivally,
and so in these compounds, if the two components were to be separated,
the first word would be in the same case as the second word. "Black"
would conform to the case of "bird" which would remain in the case of
the former compound. Compare this to tappurisa compounds where the
anterior member would change cases according to the case relation
(instrumental, dative, genitive, etc.)

Further guidelines for kammadhaaraya compounds:

(a) In kammadhaaraya compounds, the adjective: mahanta assumes the
form: mahaa, and, if the consonant which follows is reduplicated, the
form: maha.
(b)The word: santa, good, being, takes the form; sa (Sanskrit sat).
(c) The word: puma, a male, rejects its final a.
(d) When the two members of a kammadhaaraya are feminine, the first
one assumes the form of the masculine.
(e) The Prefix na, not, is replaced by a before a consonant and by an
before a vowel.
(f) Prefix ku, meaning bad, little, may become ka before a consonant,
and kad before a vowel.
(g) In their uncompounded state, the two members of a kammadhaaraya
are in the same case.