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--- language:ǣdyihozhn [2025/11/06 15:34] – shyriath
+++ language:ǣdyihozhn [2025/12/10 13:41] (current) – shyriath
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 ===== Morphology =====
+Nouns in Ǣdyihòzhn come in five classes: inanimate, valuable, animate, masculine, feminine. A noun's class is determined mainly by semantics rather than by the form of the word, which is to say that there is no way of predicting a noun's class merely by hearing or seeing it. Each noun class, however, interacts differently with other elements of a sentence.
+While there are a number of exceptions, each class can be broadly defined as follows:
+  * //inanimate//: objects, particularly natural ones, that appear to either not move or to only move in predetermined patterns; includes rocks, the sky and stars, many plants
+  * //valuable//: objects that might otherwise be considered inanimate but have special significance of usefulness; food crops, certain valuable materials, [[universe:mikurmiya:|Nyōshun]] and [[universe:mikurmiya:kastun|Ghælṑr]], and particularly tools and weapons
+  * //animate//: any animal individual or [[species:]], any [[species:#enenkalar|enenkal]] species, water, wind, certain fast-growing plants, most emotions, most typically mixed-gender groupings of people
+  * //masculine//: people identified as male, certain emotions and physical standards associated with masculinity
+  * //feminine//: people identified as female, certain emotions and physical standards associated with femininity
 Ǣdyihòzhn has an inalienably-possessive case ending //-èn// for words ending in a consonant, //-n// for those ending in a vowel. Adjectives originally formed from nouns in this case tend to use //-n// in both environments.
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 ===== Vocabulary =====
-  * //ǣdyin// 'pit used to hold things, well"
+  * //ǣdyin// (val.) 'pit used to hold things, well"
-  * //daghnā// 'takma'
+  * //daghnā// (an.) 'takma'
-  * //èdun// 'short spear'
+  * //èdun// (an.) 'short spear'
-  * //ḕdyirā// 'a type of vermin, similar to rats'
+  * //ḕdyirā// (an.) 'a type of vermin, similar to rats'
-  * //ghal// 'son'
+  * //ghal// (masc.) 'son'
-  * //hīye// 'daughter'
+  * //hīye// (fem.) 'daughter'
-  * //hòzh// no longer a separate word, but a common element in city names (related to [[language:Imperial:]] //kar// 'a colony, a settlement founded by official action, as opposed to one that simply appeared')
+  * //hòzh// (an.) no longer a separate word, but a common element in city names (related to [[language:Imperial:]] //kar// 'a colony, a settlement founded by official action, as opposed to one that simply appeared')
-  * //hyīnash// 'court, selamlik'
+  * //hyīnash// (masc.) 'court, selamlik'
-  * //rugay// 'male band, fellowship'
+  * //rugay// (masc.) 'male band, fellowship'
-  * //sura// 'mind'
+  * //sura// (an.) 'mind'
-  * //tayrin// 'progeny, descendants'
+  * //tayrin// (an.) 'progeny, descendants'
-  * //xètā// '[[xtauh:]]'
+  * //vṑrem// (val.) 'ship'
+  * //xètā// (an.) '[[xtauh:]]'
 ===== Names =====
-While there are no absolute gender patterns in proper names, female names have a tendency to end in //-(a)m// or //-(i)k//, while male names tend to end in //-(i)l// or //-(i)r//. The language is otherwise rather egalitarian in what kinds of names are considered appropriate for each gender, and it would not be considered particularly odd, for example, for the name Èdnam (from //èdun// 'short spear'), the name of Ǣdyihòzh's current ruler, to also have a male counterpart Èdnil.
+//See [[ethnicity:abethine:ǣdyihozhis#naming_traditions|Ǣdyihòzhis naming traditions]]
-Within a defined lineage, it is traditional that only one living member at a time may bear a particular name. To name a newborn child after a deceased relative is to honor the latter, but to give the child the same name as a living relative is very much the opposite.
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