-jômbêlj

Laefevian

Etymology

From jômbe (“sound”) + -êlj (noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-jɔmbɛʎ/ [-i̯ɔmbɛʎ̥]
• Hyphenation: jôm·bêlj

Suffix

-jômbêlj (nominal, consonant stem)

1. (linguistics, phonetics) Type of sound; -phone, -phthong.

   añgus (“self, own”) → añgijômbêlj (“vowel”)

   mae- (“co-”) → maejômbêlj (“consonant”)

   tal (“half”) → tal·jômbêlj (“schwa”)

   sai- (“mono-”) → saijômbêlj (“monophthong”)

   vrei- (“di-”) → vreijômbêlj (“diphthong”)

   uþi- (“allo-”) → uþijômbêlj (“allophone”)

2. (by extension) Other words related to phonology or phonemes; -phone.

   sati- (“homo-”) → satijômbêlj (“homophone”)

Declension

Primary case declension of -jômbêlj (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-jômbêlj	-jômbêljund	-jômbêljir
accusative	-jômbêlje	-jômbêljundi	-jômbêlji
genitive	-jômbêljau	-jômbêljundas	-jômbêljas, -jômbêljiras†
dative	-jômbêljun	-jômbêljundon	-jômbêljirons, -jômbêljonc
locative	-jômbêljul	-jômbêljundos	-jômbêljiross, -jômbêljosc
instrumental	-jômbêljô	-jômbêljundêt	-jômbêljirêts, -jômbêljêtc
Note: † archaic, s standard or formal, c colloquial or informal.

Secondary case declension of -jômbêlj (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	-jômbêljere	-jômbêljundire	-jômbêljire
illative	-jômbêljele	-jômbêljundile	-jômbêljile
benefactive	-jômbêljear	-jômbêljundiar	-jômbêljiar
prolative	-jômbêljekwe	-jômbêljundikwe	-jômbêljikwe
causal-final	-jômbêljedis	-jômbêljundirris	-jômbêljirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	-jômbêljôka	-jômbêljundirka	-jômbêljirka
elative	-jômbêljôtan	-jômbêljundirtan	-jômbêljirtan
ablative	-jômbêljaôn	-jômbêljundiruôn	-jômbêljiruôn
essive	-jômbêljôjøn	-jômbêljundirjøn	-jômbêljirjøn
abessive	-jômbêljôze	-jômbêljundirse	-jômbêljirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	-jômbêljumas	-jômbêljundirmas	-jômbêljirmas
lative	-jômbêljunši	-jômbêljundirši	-jômbêljirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	-jômbêljuneres, -jômbêljunerc	-jômbêljundirorres, -jômbêljundorrec	-jômbêljirorres, -jômbêljorrec
inessive	-jômbêljulle	-jômbêljundirolles, -jômbêljundollec	-jômbêljirolles, -jômbêljollec
exessive	-jômbêljunun	-jômbêljundirsun	-jômbêljirsun
perlative	-jômbêljuffêl	-jômbêljundirfêl	-jômbêljirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	-jômbêljôske	-jômbêljundirêskes, -jômbêljundêskec	-jômbêljirêskes, -jômbêljêskec
comitative	-jômbêljôsôds, -jômbêljôdc	-jômbêljundirtôds, -jômbêljundôdc	-jômbêljirtôd
Note: s standard or formal, c colloquial or informal.

Derived terms

▶ Laefevian terms suffixed with -jômbêlj