-yvs

Radestrian

Etymology

Back-formation from fývyvs (“glucose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ifs/

Suffix

-yvs inan (genitive singular -yvu, compound form -yv-)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) -ose; used to derive sugars

Inflection

Declension of -yvs (heavy, singulare tantum)
	singular
nominative	-yvs /-ifs/
vocative	-yvse /-ifsɛ/
genitive	-yvu /-ivu/
dative	-yva /-iva/
accusative	-yvd /-ivd/
instrumental	-yvúr /-ivuːr/

Derived terms

• azmyvs (“lactose”)
• fjokyvs (“sucrose”)
• gliermyvs (“fructose”)
• levyvs (“ribose”)

Translations

sugar-naming suffix

Laefevian: -oǧe Riyan: -iŗte