perchenia-

/'per.xe.nja/ 1zRtz@lcI
verb
to plough
Neologism. Source: Celephinnel
✧✧✧✧✧ Unreviewed
verb actions

Etymology

Root: √KWER "revolve"
Root: √KEM "soil, earth"

Elements

  • KWER revolve root
  • KEM soil, earth root
  • -yā causative suffix

Notes

Plough is a very conservative word. Plowing is a heavy-duty, deep-soil process designed to break hard crusts and invert the earth, whereas tilling is a shallower, refining process used to pulverize the topsoil, control weeds, and blend in fertiliser or compost. Sindarin already has a word for the verb "till", "barna-", so it's necessary to create a new verb for "plough". I found very few languages with etymologies which can reconstruct a descriptive meaning, the best example I think is Japanese. "Tagayasu" 耕す, "to till, cultivate, plough", composed by "ta" 田 "cultivated field" and "kaesu" 返す "turn back, reverse, turn over", effectively means "to turn over the field". Since most languages have a word for "plough", I've used roots to create the neologism, to preserve it's antique character. The noun "plough" uses the instrumental suffix, and the verb "plough" uses the causative.

Conjugation

Derived (A-stem)

Present

Person Form
1st sg. perchenion
2nd sg. fam. percheniog
2nd sg. pol. percheniol
2nd sg. arch. percheniodh
3rd sg. perchenia
1st pl. excl. percheniof
1st pl. incl. percheniab
2nd pl. fam. percheniogir
2nd pl. pol. percheniodhir
3rd pl. percheniar

Past (transitive)

Person Form
1st sg. percheniannen
2nd sg. fam. perchenianneg
2nd sg. pol. percheniannel
2nd sg. arch. percheniannedh
3rd sg. percheniant
1st pl. excl. percheniannef
1st pl. incl. perchenianneb
2nd pl. fam. percheniannegir
2nd pl. pol. percheniannedhir
3rd pl. perchenianner

Past (intransitive)

Person Form
1st sg. percheniassen
2nd sg. fam. percheniasseg
2nd sg. pol. percheniassel
2nd sg. arch. percheniassedh
3rd sg. perchenias(t)
1st pl. excl. percheniassef
1st pl. incl. percheniasseb
2nd pl. fam. percheniassegir
2nd pl. pol. percheniassedhir
3rd pl. percheniasser

Future

Person Form
1st sg. percheniathon
2nd sg. fam. percheniathog
2nd sg. pol. percheniathol
2nd sg. arch. percheniathodh
3rd sg. percheniatha
1st pl. excl. percheniathof
1st pl. incl. percheniathab
2nd pl. fam. percheniathogir
2nd pl. pol. percheniathodhir
3rd pl. percheniathar

Other Forms

Form Sindarin
Present active participle percheniol
Past active participle percheniel
Passive past participle (sg.) percheniannen
Passive past participle (pl.) percheniennin
Imperative perchenio
Infinitive percheniad
Gerund / verbal noun percheniad