Laefevian
Alternative forms
- -birs (after m)
- -uirs (after certain letters, such as f or b, or certain clusters)
Etymology
Unknown. Considering it is a complex suffix, the most popular theory is that the suffix used to be its own word, however, no known cognates exist outside Laefevian. A Pre-Laefevic origin has also been considered by another theory.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-wirs (nominal, light s-stem)
- (productive) forms nouns denoting some kind of material or substance, be it physical or abstract
- ars (“rain”) → arkwirs (“rainwater”)
- golve (“ash”) → golwirs (“potash”)
- orgwad (“to weave”) → orgôwirs (“fabric”)
- fihge (“flint”) → fihgwirs (“silica”)
- jørken (“lightning”) → jørkyngwirs (“electricity”)
- nem (“milk”) → nembirs (“dairy product”)
- þirun (“bitumen”) → þirnuirs (“asphalt”)
- ljôhulad (“to exist”) → ljôhulwirs (“entity”)
- (productive) forms nouns denoting some kind of a fee, or money that is paid or received
- volento (“school”) → volentowirs (“school fee”)
- gweþ (“road”) → gweþwirs (“road toll”)
- ênte (“bridge”) → êntuirs (“bridge toll”)
- symbetad (“to study”) → symbetwirs (“scholarship”)
- narif (“crown”) → narifuirs (“customs”)
- (chemistry, biochemistry) any of a group of related compounds, -ide
- fuiht (“sugar”) → fuihtwirs (“saccharide”)
- (chemistry) forms names of noble gases and certain other elements, -on
- fêrad (“to hide”) → fêrwirs (“krypton”)
- hnagis (“lazy”) → hnagwirs (“argon”)
- melis (“green”) → melwirs (“chlorine”)
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