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===Nominalising suffixes=== | ===Nominalising suffixes=== | ||
The main nominalising suffixes are: | |||
*''-ē'': an all-purpose noun suffix. Among the functions it can have are: | |||
**Forming a noun meaning "person/thing with quality X" from an adjective: ''stirg'' "strong" -> ''a stirgē'' "a strong person", ''lykig'' "similar" -> ''a lykigē'' "something similar" | |||
**Forming various kinds of associated nouns from various other parts of speech: ''knirr'' "cut with scissors" -> ''knirrē'' "scissors" | |||
**Forming diminutives, often with highly idiomatic meanings and frequently accompanied by a vowel change: ''vogg'' "bird" -> ''vʉggē'' "feather" | |||
**For many nouns ending in -ē, this ending has no meaning at all: ''atjē'' "bridge", ''hillvē'' "hill" | |||
*''-hyt'': an abstract noun suffix, usually but not always added to adjectives to form a nouns referring a state: | |||
**''bly'' "happy" -> ''blyhyt'' "happiness" | |||
**''brútē'' "brother" -> ''brúthyt'' "family" | |||
*''-ing'': an abstract noun suffix which is usually added to verbs: | |||
**''kis'' "choose" -> ''kising'' "choice" | |||
**''kopp'' "buy" -> ''kopping'' "trade" | |||
*''-er'': forms a noun referring to either the person doing something or the instrument used for it | |||
**''jaggt'' "hunt" -> ''jaggter'' "hunter" | |||
**''sgit'' "shoot" -> ''sgiter'' "gun" | |||
*''-ness'': technically not a single suffix but a pluralised nominalised participle. It forms collective nouns. | |||
**''won'' "live, dwell" -> ''wonness'' "population" | |||
**''burr'' "happen" -> ''giburrtness'' "history" | |||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||