Dal'qörian adjective endings

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dal'qörian adjectives fall under one of 3 categories: verbal-derivative, noun-related or non-derivative.

Verb-derivative adjectives

In dalqörian, Verb-derivative adjectives are those which have a 'verbal' relative. If the adjective is derived from an infinitive, it must add the suffix ädn:

verb	adjective
iquir-to like	iquirädn-likeable
döfindr-to afford	döfindrädn-affordable

If the past participle of the verb is used as the adjective, this must lose its participle prefix gä' and again add the suffix ädn:

past participle	adjective
gä'amár-captivated	amárädn-captivated
gä'lilör-irritated	lilörädn-irritated

It's very important to remember this rule with past participle adjectives. For example, if you were to translate the sentence:

I am captivated by her looks.

using the participle:

Binä, máriÞ di gesibniel qve siöra, gä'amár

then this would translate back as:

I captivated with her looks

which of course makes no sense. You must use the adjective ending:

Binä, máriÞ di gesibniel qve siöra, amárädn.

Free standing adjectives

These are adjectives that have no verbal relative. These are 'free standing' adjectives, but their respective nouns are formed with the suffix ámn (note: Where the adjective ends in ä, this is removed):

adjective	noun
söaviä-romantic	söaviámn-romance
sörelbæ-pleasurable	sörelbæámn-pleasure

Non-derivative adjectives

These are simply dalq'örian adjectives that have no specific ending, and no verbal or nounal relative.