Romulan Dictionary: Difference between revisions

*from verbs, with the suffix -elh, to create a deverbal noun, e.g. plhere'elh, "entrance (place to enter)" from the verb plhere, "to enter";

*from verbs, with the suffix -sam, to create a deverbal noun, similar to -elh above;

*from verbs, with the suffix -(i)fv, to create a deverbal noun, similar to -elh and -sam above. The i is inserted if the verb-root ends in a consonant; from verbs, with the prefix tem-, to create an action noun, e.g. templhere, "entry, entrance (act of entering)";

*from verbs, with the suffix -lai, to create an action noun, similar to tem- above;

*from verbs, using the affix-set i- ... -edh, to create an "-tion"/"-sion" noun, e.g. ivuinedh, "permission" from the verb vhuin, "to permit, to allow";

*from verbs, using the suffix -nen, to create an agent - one who does the activity specified by the verb, e.g. kholhnen, "defender"; the same can be created with the suffix -asi (kholhasi), this is a more poetic form, however. Further rarely-used or poetic ways of forming the agent include the prefixes ra'-, ro- and la- or the suffix -an;

*from verbs, using the affix-set la- ... -(e)ri, to create a noun which is the object of the root verb, e.g. larhudheri, "employee", from the verb rhudh, "to employ, to use" (The e is dropped if the verb root ends in e or a. Meaning the same thing is the suffix -hai, but this is less-commonly encountered than the ra-...-eri affix set;

*from nouns, with the suffix -asi or -a, forming an agentive;

*from nouns, with the suffix -ma, which corresponds to the English suffix "-ship";

*from nouns, with the suffix -'dhenn, which corresponds to the English suffix "-y", as in "agent > agency";

*from nouns, with the prefix eir-, which corresponds to the English suffix "-ate";

*from adjectives, using the suffix -'le, corresponding to English "-ness", e.g. eiheu'le, "calm, calmness", from the adjective eiheu, "calm";

*from adjectives, using the suffix -sam, corresponding to English "-ance" and "-ism";

*from adjectives, using the suffix -no, corresponding to English "-ity", e.g. aledno, "ability", from the adjective aled, "able".

*al'- indicates an improvement in the root;

*d'- is an honorific, giving the meaning "grand, great" to the root;

*ehl'- indicates a loss, a lack, or a deficiency in the root;

*el'- indicates an increase in the root, or a more advanced or superior level of the root;

*ne- indicates a decrease in the root, or a less advanced or inferior level of the root;

*di'- indicates a male gender of the root (generally used only with nouns denoting living beings);

*ri'- indicates a female gender of the root;

*-al is a diminutive;

*-hwy indicates that the root is tamed, or in some way held or restrained.