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**Adverbs with the suffix –ega | **Adverbs with the suffix –ega | ||
**Adverbs with the suffix –līga | **Adverbs with the suffix –līga | ||
===Syllabics=== | |||
There are five “syllabics” in the Northeadish alphabet, all of which stem from syllabic sonorants (or, depending on dialect, a sonorant – specifically a nasal or liquid – preceded by a schwa). When a schwa is followed by a sonorant consonant, it becomes a syllabic. Conversely, when a syllabic is followed by a vowel, it reverts to its non-syllabic equivalent. (We do this in English too; in fact, most languages have some version of this – we just don’t usually have the same sort of rules around how it’s spelled.) | |||
*When a schwa is followed by a sonorant, they form a syllabic: | |||
**a+l → ʌ, *''apalaz'' ‘apple’ → ''apʌ'' | |||
**a+m → ᴍ, *''aþala-dōmaz'' ‘nobility’ → ''aðʌdᴍ'' | |||
**a+n → ɴ, *''etaną'' ‘to eat’ → ''etɴ'' | |||
**a+ŋ → x, *''kuningaz'' ‘king’ → ''cᵫnx'' | |||
**a+r → ʀ, *''fader'' ‘father’ → ''faðʀ'' | |||
*When a syllabic is followed by a vowel, it reverts to a non-syllabic sonorant; however, this change does not apply to x: | |||
**ʌ+V → lV, ''ᵫvʌ'' ‘bad’ → neuter ''ᵫvlat'' | |||
**ᴍ+V → mV, ''mēðᴍ'' ‘gift’ → dative ''mēðma'' | |||
**ɴ+V → nV, ''œ̄ðbrucɴ'' ‘fragile’ → feminine ''œ̄ðbrucna'' | |||
**ʀ+V → rV, ''faðʀ'' ‘father’ → gentive plural ''fæðra'' | |||
**but x+V → xV, ''cᵫnx'' ‘king’ → genitive plural ''cᵫnxa'', not **''cᵫnŋa'' | |||
*When two syllabics occur in succession, the first syllabic is reduced to a non-syllabic sonorant (since, per the rule above, a syllabic may also be interpreted as beginning with a schwa). The same exception also exists for x. | |||
**ʌ+S → lS, 'ᵫvʌ'' ‘bad’ → masculine ''ᵫvlʀ'' | |||
**ᴍ+S → mS, ''mēðᴍ'' ‘gift’ → accusative plural ''mēðmɴ'' | |||
**ɴ+S → nS, ''œ̄ðbrucɴ'' ‘fragile’ → masculine œ̄ðbrucnʀ | |||
**ʀ+S → rS, ''faðʀ'' ‘father’ → dative plural ''fæðrᴍ'' | |||
**but x+V → xV, ''cᵫnx'' ‘king’ → plural ''cᵫnxʀ'', not **''cᵫnŋʀ'' | |||