Triparic Word Formation

Affixes are categorized according to the part of speech they produce.

Noun-forming

General Noun Affixes

These are affixes which can be used on any word for which the semantic relation makes sense.

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-ãzh	Verbs	Manifestation of the verb	brøden "embroider" → brødãzh "embroidery"
-er	Verbs	Agent of the verb	dixen "speak" → dixer "speaker"
-ide	Verbs	Patient/object of the verb	voken "to call" → vokide "the person/thing called"
-ist	Nouns, Verbs	Profession, vocation	luden "to play" → ludist "professional player"
-kin	Nouns	Young, offspring	cän "dog" → cänkin "puppy"
-let	Nouns	Diminutive	pådd "house" → påddlet "small house, bungalow, cottage"
-log	Nouns	The study of	aqua "water" → aqualog "hydrology"
-nes	Adjectives	State of being the adjective	rod "red" → rodnes "redness"
-schaf	Nouns	State of being	könig "king" → königschaf "kingship"
	Verbs	Place where it is done English -arium, -ory; Portuguese -ário, French -oir(e); Latin -arium, -orium; Esperanto -ejo

Specialized Noun Affixes

These are affixes which are generally used only on certain topical categories of words.

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-(a)n	Places	Ethnonyms Note: Unlike in English usage, ethnonyms are not capitalized.	Kalmont → kalmontan
		For places ending in -a, only the -n is added.	Triparia → triparian Niava → niavan
-ät	Position, office	Reign, term in office	könig "king" → königät "period of reign as king"
-ido (masc.) -isa (fem.) -ine (epi.)	Titles of nobility	Forms the title of the noble's consort	graf "count" → grafido "male consort of a count" baron "baron" → baronine "consort of non-specified gender of a baron"
		imperor "emperor" and duc "duke" use modified roots for these.	imperor "emperor" (root imper-) → imperisa "empress" duc "duke" (root duch-) → duchisa "duchess"
	Roots for beliefs	Adherents

Adjective-forming

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-ic	Nouns	General purpose conversion to adjective (for nouns not ending in -ic themselves)	Triparia → triparic "Triparian"
-al	Nouns	Converts nouns ending in -ic to adjectives	music → musical "musical"
-esc	Nouns	Similar to the noun	Kalmont → Kalmontesc "like Kalmont"
-in	Nouns	Made of	aqua "water" → aquin "made of water"
-lãs	Nouns	Lacking	tap "head" → taplãs "headless"
-vol	Nouns	Full of, having in abundance	chocolad "chocolate" → chocoladvol "full of chocolate"
-isch	Adjectives	Similar to the base adjective, but not quite meeting the standard	rod "red" → rodisch "reddish"
-axe	Verbs	Tendency to do the verb	quiren "to ask" → quiraxe "inquisitive"
-eble	Verbs	Able to be affected by the verb	viden "to see" → videble "visible"
-ent	Verbs	Present participle	dixen "to speak" → dixent "speaking"

Verb-forming

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
Infinitive ending -en or other normal verb inflections	Nouns	Denominal verb: the action or event inherently linked to the noun	pådd "house" → pådden "to house"
fe(r)-	Nouns, Adjectives	Process of becoming the noun or adjective The -r- is used if the root begins with a vowel.	könig "king" → fekönigen "enthrone"
er-	Verbs	Intensifies the verb; adds the sense of doing something utterly, completely, desperately, thoroughly, fiercely	bŏzen "to drink socially, get buzzed or drunk" → erbŏzen "to get completely hammered" schöpen "to use, draw on" → erschöpen "to drain, use up, exhaust"

Adverb-forming

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-lic	Adjectives	Basic adverbial form of the adjective	gross "large" → grosslic "largely" (adv.)
		For adjectives formed directly from nouns using the suffix -ic, this suffix replaces the -ic rather than following it.	viric "manly" (adj.) → virlic "manly" (adv.)
		Adjectives ending in -l just add -ic; those in -lic don't change at all.	solic "only" (adj.) → solic "only" (adv.) häl "whole" (adj.) → hälic "wholly" (adv.)
		Adjectives ending in a vowel drop it before adding -lic.	alta "high" (adj.) → altlic "highly" (adv.)