Cyrnian vocabulary
Pronouns:
[Personal]
FP singular: Ith
FP plural inclusive: eira 2
FP plural exclusive: Leira 2
SP singular: Ak
SP plural: Shud
TP singular: Ect
TP inanimate singular: Fit
TP plural: Iq
TP inanimate plural: Kor
[Indefinite]
Dummy pronoun: Īr
One: Ben
“The descriptor is the object” (unless it is a verb with a descriptor object (e.g. “Lev”)): Ge
[Reciprocal]
An
[Reflexive]
Jīrgh
[Possesive adjectives] (placed after)
FP singular: auth
FP Plural: aur
SP S: kau
SP P: Shaudu 1
TP S: Laug
TP P: Zen
One’s: Aubin
[Interrogative] “Har” is optionally used at the beginning of the sentence
CAN BE PLURALIZED (optional)!
Which: Shu / Shuya (pl)
Who/whom: Hakh / Hakha (pl)
What: Hedt / Hedta (pl)
When: Rei
[Indefinite]
No one: Nekh
Nothing: Neyib 1
Negative, Any amount: Nes
Everyone:
[RELATIVE]
Mün + relative clause
Replacement in the relative clause:
Animate (Who): Jut
Inanimate (That/What): Del
Time (When)(thought of as “the time of the event”): Cne
Place (Where): Qu
Verb (used where english would use “to” as in “He works hard to feed his family”): Va
:Contracted relative clause:
- must be intransitive
- must be in the same tense as the rest of the sentence (can be a different aspect)
- med + verb
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Prepositions: The phrase it forms is treated like a descriptor (prepositions can be compounded with a direction with -ü (direction first))
Under: Slaq
Until: Tu
Over: Uv
In (space) / Inside (space): Azej
In (time) / On (time): Sron
In (future time, e.g. “In two years I will dominate this planet”): Dtap
During: Buron
In (partaking): Desht
At (time): Groc
At (space): Bik
At (towards): Lokh
Outside: Agur
On (space): Cot
through: Jret
by (space): Qun
ahead [of]: Ahjon
for (time): Sern
Adjacent to: Per
for (intention/reason): Bresh
around (surrounding): Dovr
around (In the vicinity): Kevr
Of (composition): Īh
After (importance): Sulon
from (time); Cad
to (time) / until: Küt
before (time): Shazd (must have a noun as an argument)
behind: Derha
After (time) / since (time): Shtah
Over (domination): Teq
to / for (something): Begh
because of: Jner
Away from: Frekh
Possessive (Inanimate): Se (Se before a word that starts with a vowel)
Possesive (animate): Au (Au before a word that starts with a vowel
Prepositional phrases:
[Phrase][sentence] means that it apply to the whole sentence
Otherwise, it modifies the noun it is placed behind
Alternatively:
The preposition can be compounded with the verb (with a -ü) if the sentence would have no object otherwise
EXAMPLE
Ect īr yen-ü lokh e sogh kaven stena.
becomes
Ect e sogh kaven stena-lü yen-ü lokh.
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Orientations (nouns): (combine with prepositions by being placed ahead)
Down: Yen
Up: Osr
Left: Hës
Right: Gīh
Front: Jec
Back: Leq 1
North: Thevan 2
South: Goc
East: Düqt (-loc => Dühoc 2)
West: Odt (au- => Audte 1)
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Conjunctions:
And: Yu
Inclusive or: Masin
Exclusive or: Upeh 2
But: Un
After: Sulon (same as the preposition)
Because: Jnon
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Kinship:
Parent: Mand
Mom: Ma/Mei
Dad: Pa/Pei
Daughter: Ceire 1/Ceirei 2 (Pl Ceira / Ceireya)
Son: Vagh/Vaghei
Parent: Veiban
Cousin: Büre
Brother: Feghp / Feghpei
Sister: Laile / Lailei (pl Laila / Laileya)
Wife: Soyah 2
Husband: Shaq
Aunt: Iskri (pl Iskra) / Iskrei
Uncle: Saih / Saihei
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Measure words: (attached behind with “īh” modifying the measured noun)
-Any container can be a measure word (listed in “other nouns”)
Slice: Bakht
Blob: Ghol
Block: Coth
Strand: Srev
Bundle: Khud
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Conditionals
If: Panj
Then (optional): Dtor
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Other Nouns:
Airplane; Erplain / Plain
Alcohol: Khologa 3 (uncountable)
Animal: Dtec
Ant: Fekh
Apple: Okh
Area / Region: Argh
Arm: Gaur
Arrow: Sha (pl Shaya)(-ar Sharar)
Awe: Srücnu
Baby/Infant: Mana (pl Naya)
Barley: Frei
Beauty (concept): Thecna 2
Bed: Adam (pl. Adan)
Beer: Kholog 2
Bird: Kar
Birth: Marn
Bit: Mihrat 2
Blizzard: Shij
Blood: Mej (uncountable)
Boat: Lut
Bog: Bon
Bomb: Pagh
Bomber: Paghidt
Boot: Bulat
Bow: Atgh
Boy (younger): Feil
Boy (Older): Met
Bread: Shoh
Brain/Mind: Hela 2
Breakfast: Aid-ü Yobgh
Bridge: Tamt
Bronze: Eihded
Broth: Tec
Bullet: Bat
Bush: Seh
Calmness: Facne 1
Canal: Theh
Candle: Khamer
Cat: Sem
Cattle: Qu
Catastrophe: Morgh
Category: Noghton
Cattle: Jdoc 1
Cave: Nob
Center (Organization): Oltoh
Centipede: Fetha 1
Channel (physical): Rur
Child: Ivlet
Circus: Kirekht
City/Town: Lisku 1
Cliff: Ardt (-a => Zeyardt)
Clock: Filg
Cloth: Füshna (uncountable)
Clothing: Feshel (countable)
Cloud: Nëvk
Coal: Ekhab 2
Confederacy: Bast
Confusion: Vekha 1
Copper: Ketar 2
Corpse: Vorakh
Cow: Qü
Cowboy: Quith, Qü-ü met
Cup: Hud
Day / Date: Zevt
Date of Birth: Zevt-ü marn
Dance: Jükh
Death: Meir (-ar => Meilar)
Deer: Rishk
Desert: Sertum
Dialect (formal): Firnoloc
Dinner: Aid-ü Tal
Disk(includes digital/records): Najd
Dog: Sheh
Dress: Qenei
Drink (Beverage): Irum (pl Irma)
Edge: Ardt
Emotion: Farah
End: Dan
Environment: Mestav
Exclusion (general concept): Laige
Exclusion (specific example): Laigen
Evening: Tal
Everything: Oroqd
Eye: Ot
Eyesight: Shah
Face: Kaven
Farm: Lohei
Feather: Tha
Feces: Hautek (Polite/formal), Par (common), Khoghat (Profane) (uncountable)
Fjord: Ecnag
Flake: Faict
Food: Jaukh (uncountable)
Forest: Shīyah 2
Fox: Unash
Fire/Flame: Hoqd
Fish: Ghoti 1 (-ar => Ghoshar)
Flower: Yün
Freedom: Ashk
Gasoline: Petrel (uncountable) (-ar => Petrelu)
Gate: Pet
Ghost: Sidra 1 (Se- ⇒ Sedra), Khomei (profane)
Gift: Dad
Girl (younger): Curel
Girl (older): Prate
Glacier: Sīyev 2
Glove: Coth
God: Maca (Se- ⇒ Maqie) (cannot be pluralized)
God(s) of another religion: Shihan
Gorilla: Korīl
Governor: Gëvnor
Grain of rice: Rezei
Grain of wheat: Huskei
Grass: Krenth (uncountable)
Ground: Enah 1
Gun: Hoqdëyagh (Hoqd-ü yatgh formal)
Hair: Pīv (uncountable)
Harbour: Virt
Hat: Fahjem
Head: Rej
Hero: Khafolgh
Highway: El ger
Hole: Mo
Home: Vev
Homeland (old folk religiour concept): Cīrn
Horse: Codt
House: Feqd
Human: Diz (Se- ⇒ Shiz)
Hunger: Hol
Hurricane: Maqīheh (historical, literary), Herekein (modern, prefered meteorological word)
Ice: Evaz
Idea: Shavg, Amz
Idiot: Nom, Jdoc-ü par (profane), Jdoc-ü Khogat (very profane)
Iron: Ghedt
Island: Halm
Jacket: Hur
Jar: Evat
Jungle: Ruhash
Kerosene: Karsen (pl Karsana)
King: Pahlan
Kingdom: Pahlanar kureil / Aupahlan kureil / Pahloc
Knife: Khirekh (Plural: Khira)
Knight: Kapet
Knee: Müsh
Land: Sīh (-ar => Sīlar)
Language: Firno
Lake: Tehvī (pl Tehva)
Leader: Qest
Leadership: Qest-ü mor
Leg: Khür
Leopard: Leikh (pl Leya)
Life (essence): Jek
Life (experience): Hegh
Light: Hura (Sa- ⇒ Saur) (uncountable)
Light (point): Hur
Lighting: Heran
Logic: Lojīk
Lord (feudal): Soh dimc
Lunch: Aid-ü Nün
Man: Dimc
Marijuana: Khash, Vīd (informal)
Meat: Eip
Meal: Aid
Mercenary: Shakh
Mercury (metal): Kariela
Message: Shuk
Messenger: Shukith
Metal: Kategh
Metalsmith: Kateghith (Smiths who work with a specific metal will be called ”[Metal]-ith”, eg Ghedtith, Eihdedith, Ketarith (stress is on the last syllable))
Milk: Aun (Sa- ⇒ San)
Monkey: Simīl 2
Morning: Obgh
Moss: Mīrs
Mountain: Asr (Se- => Zeyazr)
Mountain pass: Pasham
Mouse: Khav
Mud: Nikht
Music: Cal
Nation / State (not American): Kureil
Needle: Vavr
News: Avd (Se- => Zeyavd)
Night: Naiv
Noodle/Spaghetti: Fevün 2
Noon: Nün
Normal person/thing: Teltaj (Slang)
Nursery: Lenan
Ocean/Sea: Vikse 1
Pain: Bara
Pants (pair): Rën
Paper: Shodī (uncountable)
Paradise: Fayav
Peace: Pakh
Petroleum: Vezr, Petrela (colloquial) (-Ar => Petreyar)
Picture (generically used for painting/drawing/photo): Opgh
Plant: Dīvi 2
Philosopher: Helonez 3
Phone: Fon
Prize: Brīzd
Rain: Zdem
Rat: Khaum
Roof: Ehvan
Palace: Ivan
Pillar: Vai
Pipe (plumbing): Util
Pipe (smoking): Inv
Poison: Ghadt
Pole: Ezr
Politics: Polītik
Politician: Polītikith
Port: Sa
Power (not used when talking about electricity): Paura (uncountable)
Prayer: Zahde
Prince: Vaghlan
Princess: Ceirelan
President: Prezīdent
Presidency: Prezīdensī
Province: Kureiloc
Queen: Mahlan
Rat: Bav
Republic: Republīk
Rice: Rez
River/Creek: Ersh
Rest: Enyei 1
Road/Path: Ger
Rock: Kun
Ruse: Fant
Salt: Khun
Sauce: Shtauh
Sausage: Ibah (traditional), Sosaj (Colloquial/Forein)
Science: Acim
Sentence: Jüz
Sex: Tught, Yah (profane)
Ship: Maipal
Shirt: Shten
Sheep: Giz
Shepard: Geze 1
Shoe: Cën
Shoemaker: Cënidt 2
Shower:Dush
Skirt: Lirei 2
Smell: Nu
Smoke: Shepur
Smokestack: Shepur-ü Gaseg
Snow: Vam (uncountable)
Snowflake: Vamei 2 (Plural (-a): Vameya)
Snowstorm: Auvam ghaih
Soap: Bekht
Sock: Yer
Soup: Cīgh (unquantifiable)
Spire/Tower: Gaseg
Spirit: Sheid
Steel: Ghah
Stick: Elk
Storm: Ghaih
Sugar: Cailün / Hash
Sweater: Irsh
Syntax: Sintaks
System/Network: Lojn
Tail: Seg
Task: Gol
Tea: Shad
Television: Tīvī
Term (public office): Thük
Term (terminology): Vīpar
Test: Khosht
Test (academic):
Thing: Yib
Threat (e.g. a bear): Kumin (-ar => Kurma)
Threat (communication)(e.g. “I will kill your entire family”): Keman (-ar => Kerman)
Thunder: Huruth
Time: Gila
Traitor: Gadom
Tree: Khein
Tribute: Kohrun
Tool: Ern
Toy: Uyem
Tunnel: Gurugh
Urine: Logh (Formal/common), Shroh (Profane), Ahed (profane)
Valley: Varek
Vomit (informal): Khoq
Victory: Hamjek
Wall: Qur
Wallet: Habz
Water: Net (Sa- ⇒ Sat) (unquantifiable)
War: Isk
Wheat: Husk (unquantifiable)
Wind: Heh
Window: Gest
Wine: Cailog
Woman: Hüv
Work: Gara (unquantifiable)
Year: Cov
Yoghurt: Īn (unquantifiable)
The feeling when you can’t remember something and it fucks with your brain: Segfault
The reality of the situation: vij
A role played: Mor
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Verbs:
Aim: Shtüth
Award: Donat
Become: Cabot 2
Become (object is a descriptor): Col
Break: Kham (at-aq ⇒ Acmac)
Brew: Golak (-eir => Golker)
Buy: Vedt
“Can”: Kheb
Consume: Mīkhir
Create: Sdera 1 (-ar ⇒ Sdar) (at-aq ⇒ aderaq)
Dance: Jükhuj
Die: Mav
Define: Kolj
Depict: Foh
Destroy: Komin
Do: Pil
Draw: Vleim
Drink: Aim
Eat: Sheugh
Escape: Nazt
Enter: Nam
Exclude: Leigr
Exist: Caij (CAN BE REVERSED FOR EFFECT: (There is => it (dummy pr) exists (iyr caij)))
Expel (physical): Hauta
Fall: Ehda 1
Feed: Jauh
Feel (physical) / Derive something from multiple senses: Mogh
Feel (emotional): Par
Find: Hek
Gaze/Admire: Stena
Go: Len
Give: Ël
Give birth: Zer
Greet: Füdt (-ut => Füdüt)
Grow: Haight
Hate: Shīkh
Have: Ghuz
Have (characteristic): Hoz
Have sexual intercourse: Tughot, Yahye 1 (profane)
Hear: Ka
Hit/Strike: Tah (-eir => Tagheir)
Is: Lavt (-ar => Lar)
Is (With a descriptor): Lev (The adjective is considered a noun)
Inflict upon: Kenat
Jump: Tebeh
Keep: Ad (takes a noun as a direct object and a descriptor as an indirect object which it treats as a noun)
Kill: Jeva 1, Azc (-aq ⇒ Azaq)
Knock down: Rehep 2
Know: Neit (intuitively) / Helan 2 (with reason) / Helann 2 (spiritual)(-aq ⇒ Helanaq) / Homor
Leave/Get out: Kauth
Let out: Ureil
Lie: Dtait
Love / Like (Non-romantic): Thīr
Love (romantic) / Like (crush): Jeiq
Make: Fakhol
Make someone do something: Vei (at-aq ⇒ Veiga) (-ut => Veihut) (-ot => Vehot)
Move (self): Sadte 1
Move (homes): Tuj
Move (object): Korekh
Need: Khar
Nurture: Lena
Occupy a position: Monir
Owns: Auta (-eir => Autair)
Pay for: Tekh
Play: Birat / Kaijeh
Pray: Zahdeir
Ram: Lerüme
Ranch: Klav
Remain: Iker
Remain (descriptor as object): Khiker
Remember: Srez
Rent: Nakig
Ride: Dasht
Rise: Ceg
Ruin: Günt
Run: Hez
Say: Sra (-eir => Srayar)
See: Shnav 1 (-ar ⇒ Shnava 2) (-aum => Shnavam
Sheep: Ler
Sleep: Yansh
Stay: Kam
Stop: Sakhī 1 (-ar ⇒ Sakhaq) (-irs => Sakhirs)(-eir => Sakheir)
Suggest: Beip
Swim: Nevun
Switch: Gīm
Tell: Yor
Test: Kost
Think / think of: Helon 2
Transform: Bahshan (The subject is the enforcer of the transformation, (e.g. “I transformed into a dog” => “Ith cü sheh iyr khemar bahshan”) (into: indirect object)
Try: Aqe
Urinate: Loghtë, Shroth (profane)
Vomit: Khuq
Wake up (yourself): Hesk
Wake up (someone else): Barom
Want: Qon
Wear: Halo 1
Win: Hamqon / Suvk
Work: Garg
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Proper nouns:
The Sun: Yecma (-ar => Tecmar)
The Moon: Kocaq
The World/Earth: Mikul
The ground: Barad
The air: Cëv
The sky: Lah
The people: Sish
(In formal contexts, the preposition is used with the date; it would be “Ith e lut sron aj korekh” instead of the more casual “Ith e lut aj korekh”)
The day after tomorrow: se boron boron (Lit. Tomorrow’s tomorrow)
Today: Tghe
Tomorrow: Boron
Yesterday: Aj
The day before yesterday: Se yaj aj (Lit. Yesterday’s yesterday)
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Verb modifiers (placed before)
Can/could/will be able to: Taim
want to/wanted to/will want to (hypothetical): Keit
want to/wanted to/will want to (actually happened): Kait
should/should have/the future version: Ahba
needed to: Dtash
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Numbers: (compounded using the ezafe)
Base 9 (Traditional/religious/ceremonial/used in speeches/used in traditional idioms)
Zero: Nuk
One: sevt
Two: Khe
Three: Eth
Four: Ko
Five: Ceiv
Six: Zuh
Seven: Rala
Eight: Yaqm
Nine: Sekh
Eighteen: Kek
27: Thekh
36: Kokh
45: Gah
54: Zakh
63: Rakh
72: Yehda
81: Sedtin
162: Khesn
243: Ethen
324: Kon
405: Ghan
486: Zun
567: Raln
729 (used idiomatically to as “many”): Rīya
Base 10 (Modern)
Zero: Nah
One: Shevt
Two: Keh
Three: Edt
Four: Ko
Five: Ceiv
Six: Qel
Seven: Reith
Eight: Yash
Nine: Sekh
Ten: Den
20: Kehen
30: Edten
40: Koyen
50: Ceithen
60: Qelen
70: Reyen
80: Yashen
90: Seken
100: Andet
200: Kadet
300: Edet
400: Kodet
500: Ceivet
600: Qelīt
700: Reithet
800: Yahed
900: Sudet
1000: Thuseth
2000: Kaseth
Ordinal Numbers: -aidt suffix (the whole ordinal number acts as an adjective)
Ordinal numbers acting as a pronoun: -ath
E number-ath refers to date (traditional or modern numbers can be used)
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Months:
January: Jevalur (Jv)
February: Neghamur (Ng)
March: Shejorur (Sj)
April: Macayur (Mc)
May: Polozur (Pz)
June: Khuyanur (Ky)
July: Yoleyor (Yl)
August: Fectinor (Fc)
September: Shohtenor (St)
October: Pahlanur (Ph)
November: Kolkavur (Kl)
December: Ghīkonur (Gk)
DMY format: (days use the modern number system, months use the traditional)
e ceivath-ü jevalur-ü 2006 (January 5th 2006) (5u jv 2006)
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Comparative (FUNCTIONS AS VERBS):
is more ... than: Ba
is less … than: Augh
is equal to: Cekh
Comparative descriptors:
more: Bor
Less: Su
Equal: cekhar
Superlative (descriptor descriptor)
Nul
Other Descriptors:
white: Fav
clear / the color of clean water: Shaceh
black: Sukh
grey: Jlig
blue: Thlid
green: Hasan
brown: Ghub
red: Rot
yellow: Usht
spooky: Rodt
Human: Heit, Dizeh 2
Both: Khez
Political: Politīkar
Quiet: Yeg
Calm: Fauc
Giant: Sogh
Good: Mom
Great (Good+): Mezre
Great (Powerful, spectacular): Hast (most common word for powerful)
Powerful (more academic / neutral): Paurar
Bad: Khev
Short: Gin
Sweet: Sehash 2 / Cailar 2 / Secail 2
Salty: Sekhun 2
Sour: Jair
Long (space): Jtī
Long (time): Zrar
Wet: Cec
Dank: Īth
Light: Nadt
The quality of being derivative: Cwlī
Lazy: Qair
Hard (not soft)/Tough (personality trait): Ghedtar 2, Khaser
Hard (difficult): Gheut
Happy: Olur
Heavy: Pegh
Delicious: Nuemm / Ghau
Big/Relevant(social)/Older (siblings): Soh
Small: Dukhi 1
Weak: Yacm
Sweaty: On
Free: Ashkar
Free (price): Ghasht
Bald: Qem
Dead: Mavar
Deathly: Meilar
Beautiful: Thecnar
Excluded: Leigar
Exclusive: Līghrar
Affected: Khemar (if used with a verb, it means passive voice) / Ashier
fast: Shes
Solar: Tecmar
again: Nen
Peaceful: Pakhar
Find: Kirkat
Found (create an organization): Ghījd
Snowy: Vaimar
unique: Zeitar
bright: Vavg
A lot, Much (Adverb as in “I work a lot”): Tur
With someone/not alone: Devd
dark: Fizg
cold: Shtub
cool: Khol
warm: Resh
hot: Ghoct
main: El/Ure
Shimmering/Twinkling: shird
dim: Vejt
real: Lor (or frer)
fake: Rer (or fe lor)
true: Gal
False: Qer
complex: Eksa
relatively: Ījk
fit (nonphysical): Sight (used when English would use “best” when describing how fit something is for a task (eg the best (moral, good intentions) person for the job vs the best (most qualified) person for the job))
fit (physical/anatomical):
Artificial: Baghtar
Fluvial/Riverine: Ershar
Old: Fir
New/Young: Bem
Popular: Hajar
Active: Moshk
Passive: Ghuvt
Extreme: Khejah
Stupid: Polek, Nomar (somewhat profane)
Public: Velsho
Well: Jeh
Stable: Khorej
troubled: Nughoq
Naked/nude: Rüna
Him/her/Itself (as in "He is death himself"): lavar
Very: khe-ü
Awesome (evokes awe): Srücnar
Contractions (optional):
Fe lev => Flev
Fe lavt => Flavt
Fe Olur => Folur
Fe rer => Frer