svoroat

Radestrian

Etymology

From Middle Radestrian svurohtt, from Old Radestrian slŭrohtt, inherited from Proto-Radic *slırohht, from Proto-Hirdic *sləróp̄h, from Proto-Laenkean *sl̥róph.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɔrɔat/ [ˈsʋɔrɔat]
• Rhyme: -ɔrɔat
• Syllabification: svo–roat

Verb

svoroat (first-person singular non-past svorâi, second-person singular non-past svoroà, third-person singular non-past svoroaș, third-person plural non-past svorâú, first-person singular past svorâșei, present adverbial participle svorâșevú, past adverbial participle svorâúl, verbal noun svoroàș)

1. (intransitive, stative) to be mature, to be of age

   Hjeà svoroata kad vardtúr.

   You aren’t old enough to see this.

2. (intransitive, stative) gives the age of the subject, to be ... old [+instrumental]

   Sjavatíe svorâi.

   I am twenty (years old).

   Hjárúr svoroàș boðiș-aș.

   Being a month old is hard.

Usage notes

• Where just a number is given for one’s age, it is assumed to be in years. Otherwise, the unit of time must be specified.