lemÌc. Lemizh grammar and dictionary

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dwàc.

to marry (Traditionally, the man is in the nom and the woman in the dat; the more modern approach is to use the nom for both, combined with a partitive ‘and’.); a wedding

dwèc. (traditional) bridegroom, husband; (modern, with outer partitive) spouse
dwìc. (traditional) bride, wife
dwìlc. marriage
dwòc. a Lemizh concept similar to getting engaged, but more informal

dwecRìc. king’s wife; also the constellation Cassiopeia (see appendix, Constellations)
dwocwè., dwocwì. fiancé(e) (The second w is a pronoun referring to the parole and has to be adjusted for the word’s level. See ‘spilt milk’ in unit 10, Perfect, which is the same type of construction only with a cons instead of a ten.)

Usage notes

While a modern Lemizh marriage amounts to a sincere promise, little is known about the situation in Old Lemizh times. OLem dwarnh‑ seems to have referred to a rather more informal concept; it may have meant something closer to ‘get engaged’.

The resemblence to dwà. ‘make two’ is pure chance but often seen as quite fitting.

Etymology

NLem, LMLem, MLem dwarn‑a
OLem dwarnh‑
PLem *dwarnh‑, nasal-infix present of
PIE *tu̯erh₁‑ ‘grasp’

Cognates

Lit tveriù ‘grasp’, Gk σειρᾱ́ ‘rope, chain’