Älf
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Shiväisith
Etymology
| From an invisible proto-language. |
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| The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language! |
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ælf
Orthographic Form
älp
Adjective
älf (comparative älfiksä, superlative älppys)
- blue, dark blue, purple
Inflection
| Declension of älf | |||||||||||
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| Singular | Plural | ||||||||||
| Nominative | älf | älfil | |||||||||
| Accusative | älfe | älfile | |||||||||
| Dative | älfä | älfilä | |||||||||
| Genitive | älfäs | älfäsil | |||||||||
| Comitative | älfäth | älfäthil | |||||||||
| Instrumental | älfär | älfäril | |||||||||
| Adessive | älfäsky | älfiläsky | |||||||||
| Allative | älfäskä | älfiläskä | |||||||||
| Ablative | älfäske | älfiläske | |||||||||
| Inessive | älfäsly | älfiläsly | |||||||||
| Illative | älfäslä | älfiläslä | |||||||||
| Elative | älfäsle | älfiläsle | |||||||||
| Essive | älfese | älfesil | |||||||||
| Translative | älfefe | älfefil | |||||||||
| Benefactive | älfevä | älfevel | |||||||||
Creation and Usage Notes
| I didn't want there to be a word that meant "elf" in this language. I thought it would be weird that they'd describe themselves as elves—using the exact same word that we have for elf. Instead, I created this word, referring to a dark color, and made a word that derives from this one—älfenää—that translates to "dark elf". Essentially, it's just "dark blue/purple one". Now it's that part of the word that supposedly gave us our word for "elf", which we defined as we saw fit. (Also, the Dark Elves are technically alien lifeforms, so...)
-David J. Peterson 16:33, 16 January 2020 (PST) |