vat

Laefevian

Etymology

FromProto-Laenkean *bʱát-as (‘eye’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vat/

Noun

vat

1. (anatomy) eye

Radestrian

Alternative forms

• -at (enclitic form)

Etymology

FromOld Radestrian hlatt, inherited fromProto-Radic *hılht, fromProto-Hirdic *p̄ɯl-, fromProto-Laenkean *pɯl-. Suppleted forms fromProto-Radic *rnatht, fromProto-Laenkean *(s)natʼ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vat/, /v/, /at/
• Rhymes: -, -at ⁽²⁾

Verb

vat

1. (copulative) to be

1. (copulative) used with adjectival predicates to describe characteristics of the subject

1. (copulative) used with adverbial predicates to describe states of the subject

1. (intransitive) to exist, there to be; also used in constructions which translate as ‘to have’

1. (intransitive) to be (in a place, at a time)

1. (auxiliary) to be (used to form the continuous aspect with the present adverbial participle)
2. (auxiliary) to have (used to form the perfective aspect with the past adverbial participle)

Usage notes

• When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the enclitic form-at can be used. Nouns ending in -Cre- can also have their final -e elided and be followed with the enclitic form.
• The verb vat does not have a connegative form.
  • For negations of vat in all senses, the verbhjeat is used.

Conjugation

Template:rad-conj-act Alternative conjugation: Template:rad-conj-act

• The verbal nounhvunș tends to refer to identities, whereasrnatunș refers to states.
• Past forms in hâl- are the most common; past forms in rnoș- are used mainly to imply a contrast between the past and the present.