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As in English, proper nouns are distinguished through capitalisation. Proper nouns can be borrowed through a number of mechanisms: | As in English, proper nouns are distinguished through capitalisation. Proper nouns can be borrowed through a number of mechanisms: | ||
* '''Borrowed names''' are proper nouns that are not broken down into further meaning. These are usually borrowed from Gaelic or, failing that, English, without being reduced to monosyllables like roots are. E.g. ''Alabâ'', "Scotland", from Gaelic ''Alba'', and ''Colôn'', "Cologne", from the English. | * '''Borrowed names''' are proper nouns that are not broken down into further meaning. These are usually borrowed from Gaelic or, failing that, English, without being reduced to monosyllables like roots are. E.g. ''Alabâ'', "Scotland", from Gaelic ''Alba'', and ''Colôn'', "Cologne", from the English. | ||
* '''Translated names''' are proper nouns that are translated into Cân Gert. E.g. ''Êndînta | * '''Translated names''' are proper nouns that are translated into Cân Gert. E.g. ''Tormuintîr Êndînta'', "United Nations". | ||
Due to Cân Gert's nature, translated proper nouns can often be broken down into far lower-level transparent morphemes than their English equivalents. For the above example: | Due to Cân Gert's nature, translated proper nouns can often be broken down into far lower-level transparent morphemes than their English equivalents. For the above example: | ||
* ''Tormuintîr'' – "nations" | |||
** ''tor'' – "many, [plural]" | |||
** ''muintîr'' – "nation" | |||
*** ''muin'' – "(a) people, tribe, cohesive social group" | |||
*** ''tîr'' – "country, land" | |||
* ''Êndînta'' – "unified, united" | * ''Êndînta'' – "unified, united" | ||
** ''êndîn'' – "unification, unity" | ** ''êndîn'' – "unification, unity" | ||
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*** ''dîn'' – "action, creation" | *** ''dîn'' – "action, creation" | ||
** ''-ta'' – perfective participle{{ref|pn1|note}} | ** ''-ta'' – perfective participle{{ref|pn1|note}} | ||
<small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need both for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al'' and for the verbal clitic ''ni'' that would occur at the beginning of ''niêndîn'' to mean "unify, unite". That suffix tends to form adjectives with a more active/progressive meaning, somewhat like a gerundive; ''êndînal'' would mean "unifying, uniting" rather than "unified, united".</small> | <small>{{note|pn1|Note}} The ''-ta'' suffix obviates the need both for the general-purpose adjectival suffix ''-al'' and for the verbal clitic ''ni'' that would occur at the beginning of ''niêndîn'' to mean "unify, unite". That suffix tends to form adjectives with a more active/progressive meaning, somewhat like a gerundive; ''êndînal'' would mean "unifying, uniting" rather than "unified, united".</small> | ||