Erin

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Erin Words

In my various languages I usually find a way to coin a word whose form closely matches the English name Erin. This is because my ex-wife is named Erin. Consequently, the various Erin words that exist in my languages all have nice or pleasant associations, or otherwise have some kind of meaning that reminds me of Erin.

Of course, not all Erin words get to have the exact form "erin", so to collect them all in one place, I've added them here (note: these are just the base forms, not morphologically inflected forms):

Dothraki

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /eˈɾin/

Rhymes: -in

Adjective

erin

  1. kind, good
Inflection
Positive Negative Comparative Contrastive Superlative Sublative
Singular Nominative erin oserin aserinan oserinan aserinanaz aserinanoz
Accusative/‌Genitive/‌Allative/‌Ablative erina oserina aserinana oserinana aserinanaza aserinanoza
Plural erini oserini aserinani oserinani aserinanazi aserinanozi

Derived Terms

Inha

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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

IPA(key): /ˈerin/

Rhymes: -erin

Noun

erin

  1. kiss
Inflection

Noalath

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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

IPA(key): /ˈɛɾɪn/

Rhymes: -ɛɾɪn

Verb

erin (positive active generic)

  1. to want, to desire
  2. to like
Inflection
Conjugation of erin
Active Positive Negative
Generic erin mi1 an erin
Imperative e yerin e e mi ean erin
Infinitive u yerin u mi yan erin
Present hi yerin hi mian erin
Imperfective hish yerin hish mian erin
Perfective eyerin memaan erin
Future hi yu yerin ba hi yu mi yan erin ba
Conditional hish u yerin ba hish u mi yan erin ba
Anterior hi yan erin hi yan mian erin
Past Anterior hish an erin hish an mian erin
Passive Positive Negative
Generic adan erin kuan erin
Imperative e yad ean erin e hu ean erin
Infinitive u yad an erin u hu yan erin
Present hi yadan erin hi chuan erin
Imperfective hish adan erin hish chuan erin
Perfective adhadan erin koaan erin
Future hi yu'rad an erin ba hi yu hu yan erin ba
Conditional hish u'rad an erin ba hish u hu yan erin ba
Anterior hi yan nadan erin hi yan guan erin
Past Anterior hish an nadan erin hish an guan erin
1"…" stands for the subject in constructions in which it does not directly follow the verb.
Derived Terms

Shiväisith

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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

IPA(key): /ˈeɾin/

Rhymes: -eɾin

Orthographic Form

erin

Noun

erin (nominative singular)

  1. tree
Inflection

Creation and Usage Notes

Of the many Erin words I've created, I still think "tree" is one of the best associations.

-David J. Peterson 16:19, 13 December 2019 (PST)

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *ʔjrjn.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʔeɾin/

Rhymes: -eɾin

Orthographic Form

erin

Noun

erin

  1. duck

Creation and Usage Notes

I often call Erin "Duck". :)

-David J. Peterson 16:19, 20 December 2019 (PST)

Yulish

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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

IPA(key): /eˈʀin/

Rhymes: -in

Noun

erin (indefinite nominative/vocative singular, indefinite vocative plural)

  1. human, human being (as opposed to an elf)
Inflection
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Plain erin erinip erinya eriniva
Objective erinin erinim erininna erinimma
Vocative erin erinish eriniship
Translations

Creation and Usage Notes

Kind of an odd one for an Erin word, but in this case I wanted it to appear in the movie, and I needed a word for "human", so I rolled with it.

-David J. Peterson 16:19, 13 December 2019 (PST)