Verse:Avishviya

We list the following principal parts:

• Nouns: singular, plural, (collective)
• Adjectives: masculine singular, feminine singular, plural
• Verbs: past, future, passive participle, verbal noun

Lexicon

ȝal prìoṁċuid (adv) 'mainly'

fil cbìra (adv) 'in large part'

fil iomlàn (adv) 'all in all, in sum'

Synonyms: cwllws fi cwllws, fis̱ suim, s̱umma (literary)

bùꝣẁh (intj) (daytime greeting)

bùs̱vàh (intj) (evening greeting)

dambaisde, dambais (intj) (gerontolect) (emphatic agreement)

arnìa, armainte, a ṫiġearna, naoṁ muire, màṫairdè, ibneallah, wmmeallah, Eallah ⁊ wmmwh (intj) (vulgar for elders) vulgar epithets

naoṁaiṫe, ḃeannaiṫe (adj) (milder) expletive adjectives

Euphemistically minced oaths are used, like ar maiṫ (Ir. 'our goodness') or ar maiṫeṁ (Ir. 'our forgiveness') (these are also borrowed into Irta Irish)

flaiṫeṁail (adj) 'generous, munificent'

bħàl (prep) 'like'

ħacim, jeħcim, meħcẁm; ħacìm (v) 'to rule'

ħaccèm, ħaccèmìn (m) 'ruler'

Synonym: flaiṫ, flaiṫiḋèṫ (m) (literary)

ħacme (f) 'rule'

Synonym: flaiṫe (f) (literary)

Taoiseċ, Taoisiġ (m), Taoiseċ Nahèireann 'Taoiseach of Ireland'

mejl (adv) very

Etymology: from bi-mayl 'in inclination' (→ 'on the ADJ side' → 'very ADJ')

eg̱lìm (m) 'climate'

cwllws (adv) 'everything'

mwẕḻam̱, mwẕḻam̱a (adj) 'dark'

Synonym: dorċa

ẕḻàm̱ (m) 'darkness'

srìr, srìra (adj) 'sinister, ominous'

Cèanw fil glès̱ra rùin srìra. 'The factory hid dark secrets.'

bearrànì (adj) 'foreign'

zejt (m) 'oil'

zebbẁge, zebbẁg 'olives'

s̱maċṯ (f) 'authority'

ȝandwh s̱maċṯ 'he is authorized'

bdẁn s̱maċṯ 'unauthorized (attributive)'

veld, vlèd (m) 'child'

seàf, jsẁf, msẁf, sevf (v) 'to see'

dorabbaħ (v) 'to endow'

f coinne (prep) 'intended for, in expectation of'

xì, eaxve (m) 'brother'

sg is obligatorily possessed

wxṯ, eaxve (f) 'sister'

sg is obligatorily possessed

ceɯib, jicɯib, micɯẁb, ciɯb (v) 'to receive, to obtain, to get'

Synonym: rḟaġḃàil, jḟaġḃàil, ḟaġḃàilte, ḟaġḃàil (officialese); fuair, jfaġaiḃ, faġaiḃṫe, faġḃàil (imperative faġaiḃ) (v) (archaic, literary)

ḟaġḃàil (m) '(officialese) receipt; obtaining'

xà, jèxu, mexùz, txìz (v) 'to take'

ȝaḏa, jeȝḏi, meȝḏìj, ȝaḏa (v) 'to give'

cèl/ciltin, jècil, mecẁl, icl (imperative cil) (v) to eat; to corrode

ȝaḏa icl lwh 'to feed'

icl (m) 'food'

Synonyms: mècle (f); beaṫuċaḋ (f) (formal)

vègeàn, vègeànìn (m) 'vegan' (f. vègeànìje or vègeàne); vègeàn, vègeàne, vègeàne (adj) 'vegan'

vègeànaċṯ (f) 'veganism'

zwbde (f) 'butter'

ejjil, ejjẁl (m) '(some animal native to Majorca)'

earxa, erèx/erxèṫ (f) 'heifer'

gindẁz, gnèdiz (m) 'ox'

ȝegl, ȝegèl (m) 'calf'

còmoṫ (m) 'empathy' (Nùa-Ȝagmìje; moṫ here is a backformation from roṁoṫaiġ 'to perceive, to feel'; Irish uses comhbhá)

[holiday] ḏajjib! 'happy [holiday]'

meg̱àm, meg̱àmèṫ (m) 'maqam' (learned borrowing from Arabic; native reflex would be *mg̱àm)

aicme, aicmiḋèṫ (f) 'class (set used in classification scheme)'

beag̱ṟa, beag̱aṟ (f) 'cow'

jevm, jèm, jwmejn (du) (m) 'day'

film, filmz (m) 'movie, film'

cuṁaċt, cuṁaċtaiḋèṫ (f) 'effect, influence; (archaic) power'

cuṁaċtaċ (adj) 'effective, influential'

ainm (m) 'noun'

sunnaraḋ (f) 'definition'

bèrlaṯ (es̱-)sunnaraḋ (f) 'definite article'

sunnarṫa (adj) 'definite'

peaṉṉ, pṉùṉ (m) 'pen'

f̱aẕḇ, f̱ẕùḇ/f̱ẕàḇ (m) 'knot; knot (nautical); Gordian knot' (from MIr foḋb, replaced native ȝog̱da)

rof̱aẕẕaḇ (v) 'to tie, to knot'

tef̱ẕìḇ, tf̱èẕaḇ (m) 'entanglement, intrigue; association, society'

coṁċeilge, coṁċealga (f) 'conspiracy'

fehem, jefhem, mefhẁm, fehìm (v) 'to understand'

id, idejn (f) 'hand'

gà / gàg̱ (intj) 'caw'

bezècwllwh (conj) 'however'

frissin (conj) 'moreover'

as̱da (conj) 'but'

aċ (conj) '(colloquial) but'

veaxra (adv) 'a lot' (via irregular dissimilation from *veaf̱ra, from wafrah 'abundance')

aire (f) 'watching, guarding, attention, caution'

gèb aire (more formal) / gèb airetwh (less formal) 'to be careful'

rà (nominal subject); ràni, ràc, ... - affirmative for present tense

rifeaxxaṟ, jfeaxxaṟ, mfeaxxaṟ, tefxìṟ (v) 'to praise'

rìs (m) 'rice'

nehr, nhèr (m) 'river'

beaħr, ebħùr (m) 'sea, ocean'

riomċair, jiomċair, iomċarṫa, iomċar (v, with reflexive) 'to behave'

leaħm, lħàm (m) 'meat'

s̱èḏag̱, s̱èḏg̱a, s̱èḏg̱a (adj) 'loyal, faithful'

Synonyms: dìlis, dìlis, dìlse; ses̱ṁaċ, ses̱ṁaċ, ses̱ṁaċa

s̱àħab, s̱ħàb (m) 'friend'

ros̱èħab (v) 'to partner up'

ros̱s̱èħab (v) 'to join'

cùntaè, cùntaèjèṫ (m) 'county'

rizzevvig, jizzevvig, mizzevvig, zzevvge (v) 'to marry'

deȝa, jedȝi, midȝìj, duȝa (v) 'to curse'

gèb, jgìb, migjw`b, gejbe (v) 'to carry, bring, take + other meanings'

zeahra, zehrìjèṫ, zeahṟ (f) 'flower'

xaddèm, xaddèmìn (m) 'worker'

xadim, jeaxdim, mexdẁm, xadme (v) 'to work'

cniɯje, cniɯjèṫ (f) 'church'

miɯìg̱a (f) 'music' (from Arabic mūsīqē)

ritħaddid - to speak

fìṟ, fìṟ (adj) 'true'

fìrinne /fɪˈrɪnːə/ (f) 'truth'

loċtaċ (adj) 'false, incorrect'

loċtaċus̱ (m) 'falsehood'

ħag̱g̱ /hæːʔʶ/ (m) 'truth; justice; right thing to do'

g̱àl el ħag̱g̱ 'to tell the truth' (fìrinne is less common in this context)

Synonym: ċòir (f) 'justice'

Jevm el-Ħaɯèb / Jevm eḻ-Bràṫa (m) 'Judgment Day'

ħaɯèb (m) 'judgment'

Synonym: briṫeṁnus̱ (m)

mħàɯib (m) 'judge'

Synonym: briṫeṁ (m)

duine, daoine (m) 'individual'

raṫɯemme, jaṫɯemmi, maṫɯemmi, aṫtiɯmìje [rʶɑħ̞'sɛmmə̟] 'to rename'

tuigṫe (m) 'intelligible, understood easily'

eḻ G̱uṟɂeàn 'Qur'an' (Arabic loan)

leaṫaṉ, pl. leaṫna [læħ̞ənʶ] '(Majorcan Arabic) emphatic; (Irish) broad'

caoḻ, caola [q̟ʰɑjjəl̪ʶ, q̟ʰɑjl̪ʶʌ] '(Majorcan Arabic) non-emphatic; (Irish) slender'

eḋòṉ (also abbreviated as .i.): i.e.; German und zwar

el-genne (f) 'paradise, heaven'

gnèn, gwnne (m) 'garden'

mearħba 'welcome'

eɯ-ɯlèm ȝalècwm (mostly used during Catholic masses by priests to greet)

ɯlèm (m) 'peace, tranquility'; (intj) 'hello, goodbye'

ɯlème (f) 'health'

ɯlìm (adj) 'healthy'

sìṫċàn (m) 'peace (absence of war)'

cogaḋ, coigṫe (m) 'war'

Ċrìs̱ḏ 'Christ'

eḻ-Ċrìsdaìċṯ (f) 'Christianity'

Ċrìsdaì, Ċrìsdaìn (m) / Ċrìsdìje, Ċrìsdìjèṫ (f) 'Christian'

eḻ-Caitliceċṯ (f) 'Catholicism'

Caitliceċ (m/f/adj) 'Catholic'

el-ʔevvil/ed-Dèni ʔiħtigèg (m) 'the First/Second Remonition'

Meħtegg, Meħteggìn (m) / Meħtegge, Meħteggèṫ (f) 'Remonitionist'

el-Meħteggeċṯ (f) 'Remonitionism'

el-Giùdaċus (m) 'Judaism'

el-ʔiɯleàm (m) 'Islam' (from Arabic)

es̱-S̱ùfìċṯ (f) 'Sufism'

pàṟ, pàracha (m) 'pair'

zevg 'two (attributive)'

ragil zevg (f. meaṟṯ zevg, neutral duine zevg) 'husband'

lànaṁain, lànaṁnaì (f) 'married couple'

cevce, cvèc (f) 'star'

fìṉ, ifjèṉ (m) 'wine'

uisge beaṫa [ˌüʃk̟ə̟ ˈbæħ̞ə̟] (m/f) 'whiskey'

zmèn, zmèniḋèṫ (m) 'time'

ɯèȝa, ɯèȝàṫ (f) 'hour'

ẕarbe, ẕarbèṫ (f) 'time (occurrence)'

soilèir (adj) 'self-evident'

soilèirse (f) 'axiom'

rilèiriġ, jlèiriġ, lèirite, lèireċaḋ (v) 'to prove'

xaḻag̱, jeaxḻag̱, maxḻùg̱, xaḻg̱ 'to create'

roċruṫaiġ, jċruṫaiġ, ċruṫaite, ċruṫuċaḋ (v) '(poetic) to create'

trom̱, trom̱, troma (adj) 'severe'

deg̱ìl, deg̱ìle, deg̱ìle (adj) 'heavy'

2exbàr deg̱ìle 'sad news'

Synonyms: diaṉ, crua

celme, clèm (f) 'word'

menjẁ, menjẁz (m) 'menu'

raγba 'will, desire'

b raγbatac̱/b raγbatcum 'please'

ev (conj) 'or'

tvègìb (m) 'answer, reply'

Synonym: ḟreagairt (f)

rivègib, jvègib, mvègib, tvègìb (v) 'to answer, to reply'

Synonym: diḟreagair, jḟreagair, ḟreagarṫa, ḟreagairt (v); the unlenited imperative freagair sounds affected

aṫ- 're-' (from Irish)

eḻ-Ġaoiḋilge /əl̪ʶˈʁiːjɪlɟə/ (f) 'Irish language'

dùile, dùilèṫ/dùiliḋèṫ (f) 'element'

ḏùl (prep) 'throughout'; (m) (obsolete) 'length'

ḏùl cif 'as long as'

ḏùl bi 'as far as'

fad, faid (m) 'length'

ḏvìl, ḏvìle (adj) 'long, tall'

g̱as̱ìr (adj) 'short'

teangaiḋèṫ Nua-Ȝaṟbìje / teangaiḋèṫ Ȝàmmìje 'Irtan Arabic vernaculars'

canaṁaint, canaṁaintiḋèṫ (f) 'dialect'

sil- 'which, what X'

s 'what; used in me ... s (negative)'

sejs 'what?'

oifigeṁail, f. oifigeṁail, pl. oifigeṁala (ofigéWWil, ofigéWLə) (adj) 'official'

ṯè (m) 'tea'

jeȝni /'jæ:ni/ (intj) '(colloquial) i.e., (filler)'

from other Arabic varieties; loaned into other languages as well

caṫaìr /qʰə'hi:r/ (m) 'chair; chairperson'

el-Ȝaṟbìje /əlɐrʶˈbʶiːjə/ 'Classical or Qur'anic Arabic'

ȝagin, jeȝgin, meȝgẁn, ȝign (v) 'to knead (dough)'

Ȝagem /'æg̟əm/ (proper noun) '(music) a meg̱àm similar to our Maqam Ajam'

Ȝagmi (adj) '(of a Majorcan Arabic word) of Irish origin'

zeȝfràn (m) 'saffron'

• • Borrowed into Irta Irish as sāfrān

ecrid, jwcrid, mwcrid, icrèd (v) 'to believe' (from Irish creid; replaced Arabic 2āmana)

ecrid gil (sejħàge) = to believe in (something)

cèn icrèd lwh ȝal (ħadħàge) = to trust (someone)

fede, jifde, mifdì, fidi (fédə, jífdə, mifdī, fídi) (v) 'to redeem (in all senses), to ransom'

raħmeàn, raħmeàne /rʶɐh'mæ:n/ (adj) '(religion) merciful'

ħanìn, ħanìne (hanīn, hanīnə) (adj) 'gracious, merciful'

ȝas̱aṟ, jeȝs̱aṟ, meȝs̱ùṟ, ȝas̱ṟ (āSəR, jāSəR, maSū́R, āSəR) (v) 'to squeeze'

l-ȝas̱r (l-āSər) (m) 'vespers'

claiḋeṁ, claiḋeṁaiḋèṫ (KLə́jjəW, KLəjjəWijḗh) (m) = sword

synonym: ſejf, ſjẁf (səjf, sjū́f) (m) (literary)

sgàṫeàn, sgàṫeàniḋèṫ (SGōhā́n, SGōhānijḗh) (m) = mirror

ẕill, ẕilliḋèṫ (Zill, Zillijḗh) (m) = shadow

bi treò (m.sg. adj) (bitrṓ) = (adj)ly

bearce, bearcèṫ (bárkə, bərkḗh) (f) 'fortunate event; boon'

fàite (prep) 'instead of' (fī- + Middle Irish áitt 'place')

segre, segrèṫ/segr (f) 'tree'

digège, digèg/digègèṫ (digḗgə, digḗg/digigḗh) (f) 'chicken'

fillū́s, flḗlis (m) 'chicken'

fəRRū́g, FRṓRig (m) 'chick'

sərdū́k, srḗdik (m) 'rooster'

GRuGGə, GRəjjḗG (f) 'brooding hen'

rùṉ, rùin Rū́N, Rū́n (m) 'secret'

rùnaire, rùnairìn Rū́Nərə, RūNərī́n (m) 'secretary' (feminine rùnairìje)

šgiaN, šgḗgəN (m) 'knife' (replaced native sikkīn, sakākin)

šgiah, šgḗgah (m) 'shield'

bnḗdim, bnidmī́n (m) 'human being'

ritwḗlid, jitwḗlid, mitwḗlid, twḗldə (v) 'to be born'

ribə́jjit, jbə́jjit, mbə́jjit, tibjī́t (v) 'to brood'

xfùf̱ (adj) 'light(weight)'

ȝamil, jeȝmil, meȝmẁl, ȝamle (v) 'to do' (Rā́mil for past tense is proscribed)

wikk, wkūh (m) 'face'

ħazìn (adj) 'bad, evil'

kēn Ruah áswid alēh '(literary, archaic) he was sad' (lit. 'a black spirit was on him'; cf. Maltese qalbu sewda lit. 'his heart is black')

p̱dacnìje, p̱dacnìjèṫ (f) 'commitment' (Khmer loanword, started out as slang from Majorcan colonization of Cambodia)

šéba (v) '(archaic) to be sated'

šébba (v) 'to sadden; (archaic) to satiate'

šəbā́n (adj) 'sad; (archaic) sated' (same semantic shift as English sad; the English semantic shift is recent and unique to Pacific English in Irta)

Tífil (m) 'boy'

TFə́jlə, TFəjlēh/bnēh (f) 'girl'

ctèb, cwtib (ktḗb, kútib) (m) 'book'

ȝaḏseàn, ȝaḏseàne [æɑ̯ʈˠˈʂˠɑːnʲ?] (adj) 'thirsty' (uncommon predicatively)

Temm el-ȝaḏs ȝalèh 'he is thirsty'

itlā́n, itlənijḗh (m) 'airplane'

DōR, jDīR, mDūR, DəjR (v) 'to fly'

ḇaẕv̱a, ḇaẕv̱ (f) 'vulture'

bezve (f) 'hernia'

óLəR, əLṓR (m) 'eagle'

ā́Zim (collective), ā́ZMə, āZMḗh (singulative, f) 'bone'

peacaḋ, peacḋàṫ (f) 'sin'

roṗeacḋaiġ (f) 'to sin'

xḏìje (f) 'moral guilt'

xaḏa, jeaxḏa (v) '(less common) to sin'

xàḏ/xèḏ, jxìḏ (v) 'to sew'

xjèḏa, xjèḏàṫ (f) 'sewing'

p̱dàta, p̱dàtàṫ (f) 'potato'

Eòrap (f) 'Europe'

el-Aontus Eòrpaċ (m) 'European Union'

nòn or lòn (m) 'lunch' (from Latin nōna or Irish lón)

lɯèn (f) '(anatomy) tongue; (literary) language'

lìaṫ, lìaṫa (f/pl) (adj) 'gray'

ebjeẕ, bejẕa (adj) 'white'

eɯvid, ɯevde (adj) 'black'

eaħmir, ħamre (adj) 'red'

eaxẕaṟ, xaẕṟa (adj) 'green'

eas̱f̱aṟ, s̱af̱ṟa (adj) 'yellow'

gorm, gorma (f/pl) (adj) 'blue'

corcra, corcra (adj) 'purple'

ròsaì, ròsaìje (adj) 'pink'

ohū́ž, ohū́žə (adj) 'orange'

doṉṉ, donna (f/pl) (adj) 'brown'

semseàn (m.) 'sunburn'

berg̱ùg̱, berg̱ùg̱ana (m.) 'apricot'

xavx (m.) '(collective) peach'

gaisgeaċ, gaisgiċ (m.) 'hero'

gebbèr, gebbèrìn (m.) 'man of character; great man'

əd-dúnjə or əl-aRZ (f.) Earth

earẕ, earẕiḋèṫ - (f.) earth, land, ground

naṫair - snake

həlów - Hello (most common greeting today)

meXsí - thank you

Bužū́h - daytime greeting

BuSWā́h - nighttime greeting

Bāj - goodbye

diZī́w - (solemn) greeting

diSMúRīw - (solemn) reply to diZīw

SLōN - (solemn) goodbye

kejf d'íntum? - how are you?

kəl- forms predicative adjectives and adverbs from adjectives ("like the ADJ one")

ēn kəD-Də́jjib/ēn kəl-gəlṓR (mishearing of ceart go leor) - I'm well

gəlṓR and g-l-R root, "regular, alright"

RágləR = to suffice, to supply enough

Sil-iſm li ȝalejcwm? - What's your name?

[NAME] l-ísim di li/inə [NAME] - I'm [NAME]

Eallah (áLLəh) - God

j Eallah (j'áLLəh) (intj) 'oh God! for heaven's sake! well (indignant)! come now!'

kbī́r - big

ZΓī́r - small

agus̱, commonly written ⁊ [ɑwʶs̪ʶ~əʁs̪ʶ~əqʰsʶ] - 'and' (replaced Arabic wa-)

əR-RəNDṓn = Lent

rìġ, rìġèṫ or rì, rìġèṫ (Rī, Rījḗh) = king

Saḋḃ (SaZəW) = Sadhbh (broad dh = Z is a Mallorcan Irish conservatism lost in other Irta Irish dialects)

Nahèireann (nəhḗrəN) = Ireland (interpreting genitive na hÉireann as absolute state)

el Milèd = Christmas

Lejlet es̱-Saṁan = Halloween

es̱-Saṁan (əS-Sə́WəN) (m) = All Saints' Day

eḻ-Ċaisg (əL-Xašg) (f) = Easter (The native cognate əl-físah means Passover)

Ȝīd eḻ-Xamſìn ajd əl-Xəmsī́n = Pentecost

Min, Mil- = from (random emphasis)

aSXū́R, aSṓXəR = bird

ulihráXT, ulihrəXTijḗh = ordeal (< 'pilgrimage')

pilgrináž, pilgrinažijḗh = pilgrimage

rəxáNi, káNi, káNitə, xáNəXəZ = he bought

rəwáNNəX, wáNNəX, məwáNNəX, wəNáXT/təwNī́X = he blessed (of God, priests, etc.)

RəPáddir, Páddir, məPáddir, təPdī́r = to pray

dèr, djèr = house

nèr, nèrìn = fire

ẕaf̱ṟaȝ, ẕaf̱èṟaȝ = frog

γuràb, γaràjib = crow

ḏajjib eṟ ragil! (to a man) / ḏajbe el meara! (to a woman) etc. = Good job! (calque of maith an fear etc.)

milseàn = dessert (from Irish milseán)

Irta place names

Irta's Arab world

• eḻ G̱àhra /əlʶˈʔʶɑːhrʶə/ 'Cairo'

Ireland

For fun we have given the Ȝagmì readings for Irish place names. However, the prevailing practice today is to pronounce Irish place names the (Connacht) Irish way.

• Corca Ḋuiḃne /ˌqʰɔrʶqʰə ˈzʶuːnə/ 'Corca Dhuibhne'
• Gailliṁ /ˈʔʶɑlːəẅ/ 'Galway'
• Corcaiġ /ˈqʰɔrʶqʰɪ/ 'Cork'
• Muṁaṉ /ˈmʶʊwwʶənʶ/ 'Munster'
• Ulaiḋ /ˈʊlʶɪ/ 'Ulster'
• Dùṉ na nGaḻḻ /ˌdʶuːnʶnʶəŋˈʔʶɑːlʶ/ 'Donegal'