ôrat

Laefevian

Etymology

From Proto-Laefevic *ɣareceh, from Proto-Laenkean *gareces (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrat/, [ˈɔrat]
• Hyphenation: ô·rat, ôr·at

Adjective

1. big, large (of great size)

   Issêldir allos ôrtir irisir ôd ôrô jøþittos.

   Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.

Inflection

Primary case declension of ôrat (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ôrat	ôrtund	ôrtir
accusative	ôrte	ôrtundi	ôrti
genitive	ôrtau	ôrtundas	ôrtas
dative	ôrtun	ôrtundon	ôrtiron
locative	ôrtul	ôrtundos	ôrtiros
instrumental	ôrtô	ôrtundêt	ôrtirêt, ôrtêt

Secondary case declension of ôrat (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	ôrtere	ôrtundire	ôrtire
illative	ôrtele	ôrtundile	ôrtile
benefactive	ôrtear	ôrtundiar	ôrtiar
prolative	ôrtekwe	ôrtundikwe	ôrtikwe
causal-final	ôrtedis	ôrtundirris	ôrtirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	ôrtôka	ôrtundirka	ôrtirka
elative	ôrtôtan	ôrtundirtan	ôrtirtan
egressive	ôrtaôn	ôrtundiruôn	ôrtiruôn
essive	ôrtôjøn	ôrtundirjøn	ôrtirjøn
abessive	ôrtôze	ôrtundirse	ôrtirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	ôrtumas	ôrtundirmas	ôrtirmas
lative	ôrtunši	ôrtundirši	ôrtirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	ôrtunere, ôrtuner	ôrtundirorre, ôrtundorre	ôrtirorre, ôrtorre
inessive	ôrtulle	ôrtundirolle, ôrtundolle	ôrtirolle, ôrtolle
exessive	ôrtunun	ôrtundirsun	ôrtirsun
perlative	ôrtuffêl	ôrtundirfêl	ôrtirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	ôrtôske	ôrtundirêske, ôrtundêske	ôrtirêske, ôrtêske
comitative	ôrtôsôd, ôrtôd	ôrtundirtôd, ôrtundôd	ôrtirtôd

Derived terms

• ôrsôvad (“to enlarge, to increase”)
• ôrtaj (“bigly, big”)
• ôrtens (“bigness, size”)
• ôrtessa (“giant”)

Related terms

• angar (“a lot, considerably”)
• angiwa (“fairly”)
• gwaoris (“many, numerous”)
• rokwis (“great”)
• urres (“size”)
• urǧuþ (“giant, titan”)
• ôraskis (“magnificent, glorious”)
• ôriǧ (“more, anymore”)
• ôriǧ ad fyns (“more or less”)
• ôrre (“majority”)
• ôrô (“much, a lot”)