Tigol/Morphology

Old Tíogall is a highly inflected fusional language, much more so than modern Tíogall. Much of Proto-Talmic morphology survives in Old Tíogall. However, Old Tíogall is most notorious for its often unpredictable verbal allomorphy.

Nouns

Nouns fall into one of masculine, feminine and neuter genders and inflect for singular and plural numbers, inherited from the Thensarian singulative and plurative.

The definite article, inherited from the Thensarian demonstrative inom, is in for singular nouns and na for plural nouns; they trigger mutations based on gender.

Nouns are also inflected for construct state and take possessive suffixes, inherited from Thensarian.

Verb prefixes

Object prefixes

Object prefixes are inherited from Proto-Quihum and are placed in a slot between preverbs and the stem.

Verb TAMs

Old Tíogall inherits many TAMs directly from Thensarian. In addition, Old Tíogall displays extensive verb allomorphy. Verbs can be grouped in two ways: non-prefixed and prefixed, and non-ablauting and ablauting. The verb tables below will use the following example verbs:

• Unprefixed, non-ablauting verbs: e.g. túsaiṁ /ˈtuːsai̯mʰ/ 'he prays', ní·tús /niːˈtuːs/ 'he does not pray' (modern tús)
• Unprefixed, ablauting verbs: e.g. soṁaiṁ /somai̯mʰ/ 'he finds (intransitive)', ní·soṁa /niːˈsoma/ 'he does not find' (modern soṁ)
• Prefixed, non-ablauting verbs: e.g. as·tóċ /asˈtoːkʰ/ 'he proves', ní·assaċ /niːˈasːakʰ/ 'he does not prove' (modern stóch)
• Prefixed ablauting verbs: e.g. dor·coḃ /dorˈkobʰ/ 'he tolerates' (< de-ar-cobymis 'at-on-bear'), ní·derp /niːˈderp/ 'he does not tolerate' (modern dearb)

In case where there is a preverb, the first syllable after the interpunct is stressed.

Present

Person	túsain "pray, request" (non-prefixed, non-ablauting)	soṁain '"find" (non-prefixed, ablauting)	as·tóċan "prove" (prefixed, non-ablauting)	dor·coḃ "tolerate" (prefixed, ablauting)
1SG	túsain < tússanis ní·tús < nīs tússan	soṁain < somynis ní·soṁ < nīs somyn	as·tóċtan ní·assaċt	dor·coḃ ní·derp
2SG	túsair < tússaris ní·túsar < nīs tússar	soṁair < somyris ní·soṁar < nīs somyr	as·tóċar < astósācoris ní·assaċar < nīs ástosācor	dor·coḃar ní·derpar
3SG.M	túsaiṁ < tússamis ní·tús < nīs tússam	soṁaiṁ < somymis ní·soṁ < nīs somym	as·tóċ < astósācomis ní·assaċ < nīs ástosācom	dor·coḃ ní·derp
3SG.F	túsaé < tússasis ní·túsaé < nīs tússasi	soṁaé < somysis ní·soṁaé < nīs somysi	as·tóċaé < astósācosis ní·assaċ < nīs ástosācosi	dor·coḃaé ní·derpaé
3SG.N	tús < tússas ní·tús < nīs tússa	soiṁ < somis ní·soṁ < nīs somy	as·tóċ < astósācos ní·assaċ < nīs ástosāco	dor·coḃ ní·derp
1EX	túsmae < tússamēs ní·túsaiṁ < nīs tússamē	sommae < somymēs ní·soṁaiṁ < nīs somymē	as·tóċaiṁ < astósācomēs ní·assaċaiṁ < nīs ástosācomē	dor·coḃaiṁ ní·derpaiṁ
1IN	túsait < tússantis ní·túsat < nīs tússant	soṁait < somyntis ní·soṁat < nīs somynt	as·tóċat < astósācontis ní·assaċat < nīs ástosācont	dor·coḃat ní·derpat
2PL	túsaisc < tússasces ní·túsaisc < nīs tússasce	soṁaisc < somysces ní·soṁasc < nīs somysce	as·tóċaisc < astósācosces ní·assaċaisc < nīs ástosācosce	dor·coḃaisc ní·derpaisc
3PL	túsaiḋ < tússatis ní·túsaḋ < nīs tússat	soṁaiḋ < somytis ní·soṁaḋ < nīs somyt	as·tóċaḋ < astósācotis ní·assaċaḋ < nīs ástosācot	dor·coḃaḋ ní·derpaḋ

Imperfect

The imperfect is formed with reduplication as in Thensarian.

Preterite

Person	túsain "pray, request" (non-prefixed, non-ablauting)	soṁain '"find" (non-prefixed, ablauting)	as·tóċan "prove" (prefixed, non-ablauting)	dor·coḃ "tolerate" (prefixed, ablauting)
1SG	túsnaim < tússannemis ní·túsainn < nīs tússannem	siṁnim < siminnemis ní·siṁinn < nīs siminnem	as·tóċainn < astósāconnemis ní·assaċainn < nīs ástosāconnem	dor·ciḃinn ní·deirpinn
2SG	túsaí < tússavȳs ní·túsaí < nīs tússavȳ	siṁí < simivȳs ní·siṁí < nīs simivȳ	as·tóċaí < astósācovȳs ní·assaċaí < nīs ástosācovȳ	dor·ciḃí ní·deirpí
3SG.M	túsaim < tússasmis ní·túsaim < nīs tússasmi	siṁim < simismis ní·siṁim < nīs simismi	as·tóċaim < astósācosmis ní·assaċaim < nīs ástosācosmi	dor·ciḃim ní·deirpim
3SG.F	túsais < tússastis ní·túsais < nīs tússasti	siṁis < simistis ní·siṁis < nīs simisti	as·tóċais < astósācostis ní·assaċais < nīs ástosācosti	dor·ciḃis ní·deirpis
3SG.N	túsá < tússasos ní·túsá < nīs tússaso	siṁeo < simisos ní·siṁeo < nīs simiso	as·tóċá < astósācosos ní·assaċá < nīs ástosācoso	dor·ciḃeo ní·deirpeo
1EX	túsmair < tússameris ní·túsmar < nīs tússamer	siṁmir < simimeris ní·siṁmer < nīs simimeris	as·tóċmar < astósācomeris ní·assaċmar < nīs ástosācomer	dor·ciḃmer ní·deirpmer
1IN	túsdair < tússanteris ní·túsdar < nīs tússanter	siṁdir < siminteris ní·siṁder < nīs siminteris	as·tóċdar < astósāconteris ní·assaċdar < nīs ástosāconter	dor·ciḃder ní·deirpder
2PL	tússcair < tússasceris ní·tússcar < nīs tússascer	siṁscir < simisceris ní·siṁscer < nīs simisceris	as·tóċscar < astósācosceris ní·assaċscar < nīs ástosācoscer	dor·ciḃscer ní·deirpscer
3PL	túsṫair < tússateris ní·túsṫar < nīs tússater	siṁṫir < simiteris ní·siṁṫer < nīs simiteris	as·tóċṫar < astósācoteris ní·assaċṫar < nīs ástosācoter	dor·ciḃṫer ní·deirpṫer

Future

Person	túsain "pray, request" (non-prefixed, non-ablauting)	soṁain '"find" (non-prefixed, ablauting)	as·tóċan "prove" (prefixed, non-ablauting)	dor·coḃ "tolerate" (prefixed, ablauting)
1SG	tústain < tússatēnis ní·túsaiḋ < nīs tússatēn	sóitin < sontēnis ní·sóit < nīs sontēn	as·tóċtan ní·assaċt	dor·coċtan ní·derċtan
2SG	tústair < tússatēris ní·tústar < nīs tússatēr	sóitir < sontēris ní·sóiter < nīs sontēr	as·tóċtar ní·assaċtar	dor·coċtar ní·derċtar
3SG.M	tústaiṁ < tússatēmis ní·túsaiḋ < nīs tússatēm	sóitiṁ < sontēmis ní·sóit < nīs somym	as·tóċt ní·assaċt	dor·coċt ní·derċt
3SG.F	tústaé < tússatēsis ní·tústaé < nīs tússatēsi	sóité < sontēsis ní·sóité < nīs somysi	as·tóċtaé ní·assaċt	dor·coċtaé ní·derċtaé
3SG.N	túsaiḋ < tússatēs ní·túsaiḋ < nīs tússatē	sóit < sontēs ní·sóit < nīs sontē	as·tóċt ní·assaċt	dor·coċt ní·derċt
1EX	tústaiṁ < tússatēmēs tústaiṁ < nīs tússatēmē	sóitiṁ < sontēmēs ní·sóiteṁ < nīs sontēm	as·tóċtaiṁ ní·assaċtaiṁ	dor·coċtaiṁ ní·derċtaiṁ
1IN	tústait < tússatēntis ní·tústat < nīs tússatēnt	sóitit < sontēntis ní·sóitet < nīs sontēnt	as·tóċtat ní·assaċtat	dor·coċtat ní·derċtat
2PL	túsatisc < tússatēsces ní·tústaisc < nīs tússatēsce	sóitisc < sontēsces ní·sóitisc < nīs sontēsce	as·tóċtaisc ní·assaċtaisc	dor·coċtaisc ní·derċtaisc
3PL	tústaiḋ < tússatētis ní·tústaḋ < nīs tússatēt	sóitiḋ < sontētis sóiteḋ < nīs sontēt	as·tóċtaḋ ní·assaċtaḋ	dor·coċtaḋ ní·derċtaḋ