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Gnomish

-i

suffix. dative suffix

Cognates

  • Eq. -l “dative suffix” ✧ GG/10

Variations

  • -r ✧ GG/10; GG/10

-in

suffix. plural suffix

Cognates

  • Eq. -i “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10

Derivations

Variations

  • -in ✧ GG/10; GG/10

-(i)on

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

  • G. ailion “lake, pool” ✧ GL/17
  • G. agrecthion “despised” ✧ GL/27
  • G. alewthion “having fingers”
  • G. argulthion “equal, equivalent” ✧ GL/20
  • G. baron “from home, out, away, abroad” ✧ GL/21
  • G. carthion “complete, perfect” ✧ GL/25
  • G. far(o)n “separate, different, strange” ✧ GL/34
  • G. calon “grown (of plants), budd[ing], in blade (of corn)” ✧ GL/25
  • G. hebon “bound; (also) bounded, surrounded” ✧ GL/48
  • G. gwedhwion “bending, looping” ✧ GL/46
  • G. gwidhon “woven” ✧ GL/46
  • G. helon “frozen” ✧ GL/48
  • G. falon “naked” ✧ GL/33
  • G. gweron “spun, rounded, cylindrical” ✧ GL/46
  • G. furion “secret, concealed, hidden” ✧ GL/36

Variations

  • -ion ✧ GL/17 (-ion); GL/20 (-ion); GL/25 (-ion); GL/27 (-ion); GL/36 (-ion); GL/46 (-ion)
  • -on ✧ GL/21 (-on); GL/25 (-on); GL/33 (-on); GL/34 (-on); GL/46 (-on); GL/46 (-on); GL/48 (-on); GL/48 (-on)
Gnomish [GL/17; GL/20; GL/21; GL/25; GL/27; GL/33; GL/34; GL/36; GL/46; GL/48] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-r

suffix. dative suffix

-eg

suffix. adjectival suffix

-og

suffix. adjectival suffix

Element in

  • G. aistog “holy, revered, awful” ✧ GL/18
  • G. alepthog “fingered, having fingers”
  • G. feleg “equal” ✧ GL/34
  • G. bodruithog “thirsting for vengeance (for a particular act)” ✧ GL/23 (bodruithog)
  • G. crithog “circular” ✧ GL/27
  • G. cuilog “alive, lively” ✧ GL/27
  • G. cwiliog “bright-hued” ✧ GL/28
  • G. driog “valiant” ✧ GL/30
  • G. duileg “having power of flight, fledged” ✧ GL/31
  • G. durog “wooden” ✧ GL/31
  • G. eleg “other, else” ✧ GL/32
  • G. aithog “thorny” ✧ GL/18
  • G. ereg “alone, only” ✧ GL/33
  • G. fadrog “tiresome” ✧ GL/33
  • G. dairog “merry (of persons)” ✧ GL/29
  • G. glamog “loathsome” ✧ GL/39
  • G. golog “stinking” ✧ GL/41
  • G. grileg “ringed, hooped shape” ✧ GL/42
  • G. hadruithog “thirsting for vengeance” ✧ GL/47
  • G. flanthog “scornful” ✧ GL/35
  • G. fenog “venomous” ✧ GL/34
  • G. gwedhweg “meandering, twisting, winding, intricate” ✧ GL/46
  • G. elfeg “half” ✧ GL/32
  • G. gruithog “ferocious, mad with wrath” ✧ GL/42
  • G. âlog “of wood, wooden” ✧ GL/19
  • G. ufestog “breathless”

Variations

  • -eg ✧ GL/31 (-eg); GL/32 (-eg); GL/32 (-eg); GL/33 (-eg); GL/34 (-eg); GL/42 (-eg); GL/46 (-eg)
Gnomish [GL/18; GL/19; GL/23; GL/27; GL/28; GL/29; GL/30; GL/31; GL/32; GL/33; GL/34; GL/35; GL/39; GL/41; GL/42; GL/46; GL/47] Group: Eldamo. Published by

-th

suffix. plural suffix

Cognates

  • Eq. -r “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10

Derivations

  • G. -tt “dual” ✧ GG/10
    • ᴱ✶-ttǝ “dual” ✧ GG/10

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
G. -tt > -th[-tt] > [-θθ] > [-θ]✧ GG/10

lingwir

noun. dragon

Cognates

enn

noun. name

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴱ√ENE “*name”

Element in

  • G. entha- “to name, call, indicate, point out” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enos “title” ✧ GL/32
  • G. enweg “name sake” ✧ GL/32

ulug

noun. dragon

Cognates

  • Eq. lóke “snake, dragon” ✧ GL/74

Derivations

  • ᴱ√LOKO “twine, twist, curl” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë

Element in

  • G. fuithlug “dragon (who guards treasure)” ✧ LT2A/Foalókë
  • G. uluch “she-dragon” ✧ GL/74

Variations

  • ulug ✧ GL/74; LT2A/Foalókë
Gnomish [GL/74; LT2A/Foalókë] Group: Eldamo. Published by