Contionary:maihadhūt

Chlouvānem

Etymology

From maiha (daughter), literally "having a daughter".

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: /mai̯ɦadʱuːt/

Noun

maihadhūt (dual, no singular; 2s declension (pl. maihadhaus))

1. parents (a pair)

   menire tatnāmęlīn sāminumi maihadhavēm lā galakuliriṣya.

   Tomorrow the teachers will have a talk with the children's parents.

Inflection

2-s type declension, no singular forms
Case	Dual	Plural
Direct	maihadhūt	maihadhaus
Vocative
Accusative	maihadhūṣa	maihadhavih
Ergative	maihadhūya	maihadhūn
Genitive	maihadhagva	maihadhǣmi
Translative	maihadhugus	maihadhuyoh
Exessive	maihadobhan	maihadhomān
Essive	maihadhugin	maihadhavēm
Dative	maihadhugus	maihadhusām
Ablative	maihadobhan	maihadhunīs
Locative	maihadhugin	maihadhulīm
Instrumental	maihadobhan	maihadhunīka

Usage notes

This word has no singular (hypothetically *maihadhūs), and is only used in its dual (maihadhūt) and plural (maihadhaus) forms. In order to refer to a single parent, either meinā (mother) or bunā (father) are used, or, more formally, the construction maihadobhan emibe (one of the parents — maihadobhan being the syncretic exessive/ablative dual form).

Related terms

• maiha (daughter), purvās "son"