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Post by nierielraina on Jun 11, 2009 21:29:18 GMT -6
I'm wondering if it is possible to take the Sindarin verb 'gohena-' (to forgive) and turn it into a noun (forgiveness)? Is it possible to add the -on suffix to the verb to accomplish this? Or am I reaching to far here?
Gohenon? Or would that be "I forgive"?
It's for a name, and "I forgive" would work, I suppose.
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Post by Darth Fingon on Jun 16, 2009 23:09:17 GMT -6
I'm wondering if it is possible to take the Sindarin verb 'gohena-' (to forgive) and turn it into a noun (forgiveness)? Is it possible to add the -on suffix to the verb to accomplish this? Or am I reaching to far here? Gohenon? Or would that be "I forgive"? It's for a name, and "I forgive" would work, I suppose. would mean 'I forgive'. The gerund form ('forgiving') would be gohenad, or you could make a name with a random masculine suffix, like Gohenor or Gohedhron. |
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Post by nierielraina on Jun 17, 2009 22:44:24 GMT -6
Gohenon would mean 'I forgive'. The gerund form ('forgiving') would be gohenad, or you could make a name with a random masculine suffix, like Gohenor or Gohedhron. You can do that? Throw a masculine suffix on a verb and make it a name?? Kewl! Thanks Darth! You rock! |
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Post by Darth Fingon on Jun 18, 2009 8:50:03 GMT -6
You can do that? Throw a masculine suffix on a verb and make it a name?? Kewl! Thanks Darth! You rock! You sure can. And it's attested, even. The names Hador and Hadron (spearman) come from the verb had- (to throw). There are several examples of this happening in other words, including: lathra- (to listen) -> lathron (listener) cab- (to leap) -> cabor (leaper) fara- (to hunt) -> faron (hunter) aphada- (to follow) -> aphadon (follower) baugla- (to opppress) -> bauglir (oppressor) onna- (to beget) -> odhron (begetter) |
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Post by nierielraina on Jun 28, 2009 5:16:47 GMT -6
You can do that? Throw a masculine suffix on a verb and make it a name?? Kewl! Thanks Darth! You rock! You sure can. And it's attested, even. The names Hador and Hadron (spearman) come from the verb had- (to throw). There are several examples of this happening in other words, including: lathra- (to listen) -> lathron (listener) cab- (to leap) -> cabor (leaper) fara- (to hunt) -> faron (hunter) aphada- (to follow) -> aphadon (follower) baugla- (to opppress) -> bauglir (oppressor) onna- (to beget) -> odhron (begetter) What about feminine suffixes? Can you do that to make a name feminine? Or would you add -wen or -eth after you've added a male suffix? Thanks Darth! |
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Post by Darth Fingon on Jul 3, 2009 17:35:56 GMT -6
lathra- (to listen) -> lathron (listener) cab- (to leap) -> cabor (leaper) fara- (to hunt) -> faron (hunter) aphada- (to follow) -> aphadon (follower) baugla- (to opppress) -> bauglir (oppressor) onna- (to beget) -> odhron (begetter) What about feminine suffixes? Can you do that to make a name feminine? Or would you add -wen or -eth after you've added a male suffix? Feminine suffixes are -il and -ril. Unfortunately, because of the I, they can't just be stuck on the end of the word. When you add either of these suffixes, the rest of the vowels in the word will be altered as they are when creating plurals. A changes to E: lathron -> lethril aphadon -> ephedil badhron -> bedhril brannon -> brennil eriaron -> erieril E and I do not change: melethron -> melethril revior -> revil ithron -> ithril ristor -> ristil O also changes to E: odhron -> edhril olthor -> elthil orthoron -> ertheril edodhron -> ededhril U changes to Y: mudron -> mydril ulundron -> ylyndril AU (AW) changes to OE: gauron -> goeril nauthron -> noethril Other diphthongs do not change: naegron -> naegril cuidhron -> cuidhril maethor -> maethil neithron -> neithril seidior -> seidil ...and so on. |
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Post by nierielraina on Jul 4, 2009 6:02:55 GMT -6
Oh cool! Thanks! *adds to growing file on naming*
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