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# ''Used to form {{HVgl|factitive}} {{HVgl|verbs}} from {{HVgl|adjectives}}, {{HVgl|nouns}} and other {{HVgl|verbs}}, corresponding to English suffixes such as ''-en'' and ''-ify'', meaning approximately "to make something or someone X" or "to give the quality of X".''
# <onlyinclude>''Used to form {{HVgl|factitive}} {{HVgl|verbs}} from {{HVgl|adjectives}}, {{HVgl|nouns}} and other {{HVgl|verbs}}, corresponding to English suffixes such as ''-en'' and ''-ify'', meaning approximately "to make something or someone X" or "to give the quality of X".''</onlyinclude>
#: {{m|hval|lyka||silent}} → {{m|hval|lykemagon||to silence}}
#: {{m|hval|lyka||silent}} → {{m|hval|lykemagon||to silence}}



Latest revision as of 06:16, 15 December 2024

High Valyrian

Etymology

From emagon.

Suffix

-emagon

  1. Used to form factitive verbs from adjectives, nouns and other verbs, corresponding to English suffixes such as -en and -ify, meaning approximately "to make something or someone X" or "to give the quality of X".
    lyka (silent)lykemagon (to silence)
Derived Terms

Notes

  • -magon is (sometimes) used with class II adjectives, where the final consonant of the root assimilates to produce a geminate mm i.e. -mmagon.
  • -emagon is used otherwise (the e sometimes coalesces with a preceding vowel, producing a different quality vowel).