Dal'qörian nouns

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There are 5 forms of noun in Dalcurian:

• Tangible nouns: those that can be seen, felt and touched (with some minor exceptions).

• Verb-derivitave nouns: those which are drived from a verbal relative.

• Adjective-derivative nouns: Nouns that are derived directly from an adjective that DO NOT have a verbal relative.

• Non-related nouns: Those which are free standing, ie, have no verb or adjective relative, therefore take no specific ending.

• Stative nouns: Nous that denote the status of a person or object.

Tangible nouns

These, with some minor exceptions, always end in j:

• gadöraj dog

• ádecödrij accessory

• ratäj deer

• ƒosetaj tap

• sáj man

Verb derivative nouns

These are nouns formed from a verb infinitive and have the characteristic ending ämös:

• amör-to love amörämös-love

• ölegár-to order ölgarämös-order/instruction

• quatésr-to confess quatésrämös-confession