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Laefevian

Etymology

Definitive origin is unknown but it must be a Proto-Laefevic innovation. Considering the suffix appears in adjectives denoting some kind of physical characteristic or property, one hypothesis suggests that it comes from a suffixed *bʱatas (“eye”), as seen in savat (“blind”) (which is from Proto-Laenkean *sɯʔbʱatas).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-at (adjectival, contracted stem)

  1. (unproductive, fossilised) A structural suffix in certain adjectives that typically denote some kind of physical characteristic.
    *gjuk- (“short”) → žykat (“short”)
    *pʼiz- (“to split”) → birat (“bitter”)
    *spajn- (“to glimmer”) → fênat (“wide, broad”)
    *bʱat- (“eye”) → vatat (“obvious, evident”)
    *dawm- (“under”) → lynat (“low”)
    *gar- (“big”) → ôrat (“big”)

Derived terms

▶ Laefevian terms suffixed with -at

See also

Radestrian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

-at (first-person singular non-past -age, third-person singular non-past -aș, first-person singular past -âlei, rnoșei, present adverbial participle rnastivú, past adverbial participle rnatúl, verbal noun -ovaș, rnataș)

  1. (copulative or intransitive or stative) post-consonantal enclitic form of vat
Usage notes
  • When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the enclitic form -at can be used.
    • The form elides initial v- and h-.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Middle Radestrian -att, from Old Radestrian -att, inherited from Proto-Radic *-aht, from Proto-Hirdic *-a-, from Proto-Laenkean *-m̥.

Suffix

-at (verbal, first-person singular non-past -ai, first-person singular past -aei, present adverbial participle -aivú, -amivú, past adverbial participle -aúl, -múl, verbal noun -anș)

  1. copular verbaliser
Conjugation

Derived terms
▶ Radestrian terms suffixed with -at