lêhdorus

Laefevian

Etymology

From lêhdoris (“eight”, compositive) + -us (noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛxdorus/ [ˈlɛhdorus~ˈlɛɦdorus]
• Rhymes: -ɛxdorus, -us ⁽¹⁰⁾
• Hyphenation: lêh·do·rus

Noun

lêhdorus (accusative singular vrauhe, dative singular vrauhan, nominative dual vrauhand, nominative plural vrauhar)

1. (computing) octet, byte (i.e. a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits)

Usage notes

• This is a term referring to the 8-bit byte (an octet) specifically, and is the most commonly used word for byte in Laefevian.

Declension

Primary case declension of lêhdorus (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lêhdorus	lêhdorkund	lêhdorkir
accusative	lêhdorke	lêhdorkundi	lêhdorki
genitive	lêhdorkau	lêhdorkundas	lêhdorkas, lêhdorkiras†
dative	lêhdorkun	lêhdorkundon	lêhdorkirons, lêhdorkonc
locative	lêhdorkul	lêhdorkundos	lêhdorkiross, lêhdorkosc
instrumental	lêhdorkô	lêhdorkundêt	lêhdorkirêts, lêhdorkêtc

Secondary case declension of lêhdorus (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	lêhdorkere	lêhdorkundire	lêhdorkire
illative	lêhdorkele	lêhdorkundile	lêhdorkile
benefactive	lêhdorkear	lêhdorkundiar	lêhdorkiar
prolative	lêhdorkekwe	lêhdorkundikwe	lêhdorkikwe
causal-final	lêhdorkedis	lêhdorkundirris	lêhdorkirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	lêhdorkôka	lêhdorkundirka	lêhdorkirka
elative	lêhdorkôtan	lêhdorkundirtan	lêhdorkirtan
ablative	lêhdorkaôn	lêhdorkundiruôn	lêhdorkiruôn
essive	lêhdorkôjøn	lêhdorkundirjøn	lêhdorkirjøn
abessive	lêhdorkôze	lêhdorkundirse	lêhdorkirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	lêhdorkumas	lêhdorkundirmas	lêhdorkirmas
lative	lêhdorkunši	lêhdorkundirši	lêhdorkirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	lêhdorkuneres, lêhdorkunerc	lêhdorkundirorres, lêhdorkundorrec	lêhdorkirorres, lêhdorkorrec
inessive	lêhdorkulle	lêhdorkundirolles, lêhdorkundollec	lêhdorkirolles, lêhdorkollec
exessive	lêhdorkunun	lêhdorkundirsun	lêhdorkirsun
perlative	lêhdorkuffêl	lêhdorkundirfêl	lêhdorkirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	lêhdorkôske	lêhdorkundirêskes, lêhdorkundêskec	lêhdorkirêskes, lêhdorkêskec
comitative	lêhdorkôsôds, lêhdorkôdc	lêhdorkundirtôds, lêhdorkundôdc	lêhdorkirtôd

Hypernyms

• vrauha (“byte”)

Derived terms

• sirolêhdorus (“kilobyte”)
• urǧolêhdorus (“gigabyte”)
• ôrtolêhdorus (“megabyte”)

Translations

8-bit byte

Radestrian: rvía