Lemizh / English dictionary
782 lemmata in dictionary – view complete dictionary on one page (slow!) – multilingual dictionary
fOpysràf.
to make the Midwinter God (roughly corresponding to Father Christmas, Santa Claus); to make the planet Neptune (symbol: È)
Usage notes
The Midwinter God has been said to be a bringer of gifts, and live in the Far North, since Old Lemizh times.
See djeipysràd. for some information on Lemizh polytheism.
This is the formal (scholarly, religious) term. Children generally call him psrèb fÌpse.. (See there for information on popular beliefs, and on the associated weekday.)
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem fOpysir‑a, academic loan of
< OLem föpysir‑ ‘Father Midwinter’
< PLem *foɦ‑paser‑, compound of
PLem *foɦ‑ ‘?’, Narten present of
< PIE *h₃eg‑
—and—
PLem *paser‑ ‘father’
< PIE *ph̥₂tér‑s
The first part of the compound is based on a root of unknown meaning.
Cognates
Eng father