Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-gik}N
New orthography: -gik, -rik
Old orthography: -gik, -rik
Combinations: Click here
Variants: N{-gik}V,
Left sandhi:
Fusional,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Regular k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a variant of N{-gik}V, used in a nominal (or exclamatory) sense to express that something is good/beautiful. It is probably not declined, so we do not give declination patterns.


Inflection

Declension pattern
Declension type: up-declined
Declension sandhi: Default/none

Notes on declension:

This nominal form is used as an exclamation, so it is probably rarely, if ever, declined. At most, it might occur in plural, which presumably would be -giit, but in the absence of any attested examples we shall not give a declension pattern.


Meanings and examples

The affix is an exclamatory form of N{-gik}V. In the avalent sense, this corresponds to exclaiming 'good N!'. In the monovalent sense, this corresponds to 'one with good N!'.

  • silagik!, wonderful weather!

    From sila, 'weather'. This is the exclamation corresponding to the avalent usage of N{-gik}V, i.e. silagippoq, 'the weather is good'.

  • atisarik, a well-dressed person

    I.e. someone with beautiful clothes. Hence, it can also be understood as an exclamation: 'nice clothes!'. This corresponds to the monovalent usage of N{-gik}V, i.e. atisarippoq, 'he has nice clothes'.


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