#nouns

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Personnalité

Amical-e - friendly

Authentique - authentic

Bienveillant-e - kind, benevolent

Chaleureux/euse - warm

Constant-e - steady, constant

Déterminé-e - determined

Enthousiaste - enthusiastic

Fiable - reliable

Généreux/euse - generous

Honnête - honest

Joyeux/se - joyful

Loyal-e - loyal

Optimiste - optimistic

Positif/ve - positive

Rassurant-e - reassuring

Sérieux/euse - serious, dependable

Sincère - sincere

Tranquille - calm, peaceful

Intelligence et esprit

Avisé-e - wise, judicious

Créatif/ve - creative

Curieux/euse - curious

Intelligent-e - intelligent

Intuitif/ve - intuitive

Logique - logical

Perspicace - perceptive, insightful

Raisonnable - reasonable

Réfléchi-e - thoughtful, reflective

Sage - wise, sensible

Spirituel-le - witty, spirited

Cœur et émotions

Affectueux/euse - affectionate

Altruiste - altruistic

Attentif/ve - attentive, considerate

Compatissant-e - compassionate

Compréhensif/ve - understanding

Doux/ce - gentle, sweet

Empathique - empathetic

Indulgent-e - forgiving, indulgent

Patient-e - patient

Réconfortant-e - comforting

Sensible - sensitive

Tendre - tender

Action et comportement

Actif/ve - active, energetic

Agile - agile, nimble

Audacieux/euse - bold, daring

Courageux/euse - courageous

Dynamique - dynamic

Efficace - efficient

Énergique - energetic

Méticuleux/euse - meticulous

Méthodique - methodical

Organisé-e - organised

Persévérant-e - persevering

Pratique - practical

Responsable - responsible

Rigoureux/euse - rigorous, thorough

Volontaire - strong-willed, willing

Relations sociales

Charmant-e - charming

Courtois-e - courteous

Diplomate - diplomatic

Discret/ète - discreet

Éloquent-e - eloquent

Franc/anche - frank, straightforward

Galant-e - chivalrous, gallant

Ouvert-e d’esprit - open-minded

Poli-e - polite

Respectueux/euse - respectful

Sociable - sociable

Solidaire - supportive, showing solidarity

Tolérant-e - tolerant

Arrogance et orgueil

Orgueilleux/euse – prideful

Arrogant-e – arrogant

Prétentieux/euse – pretentious

Méprisant-e – scornful

Vaniteux/euse – vain

Suffisant-e – smug

Égoïsme et indifférence

Égoïste – selfish

Indifférent-e – indifferent

Avare – greedy

Individualiste – individualistic

Narcissique – narcissistic

Lâcheté et manque de courage

Lâche – cowardly

Couard-e – cowardly

Faible – weak

Pusillanime – spineless (lit)

Mauvaise foi et malhonnêteté

Malhonnête – dishonest

Menteur/euse – liar

Fourbe – deceitful

Perfide – treacherous

Hypocrite – hypocrite

Traître/traîtresse – traitor

Colère et agressivité

En colère – angry

Irascibile – hot-tempered

Agressivif/ssive – aggressive

Impulsif/ive – impulsive

Rancunier/ière – resentful

Vindicatif/ve – vindictive

Paresse et négligence

Paresseux/euse – lazy

Négligent-e – negligent

Indolent-e – indolent

Nonchalant-e – nonchalant

Apathique – apathetic

Inerte – inert

Jalousie et envie

Jaloux/ouse – jealous

Envieux/euse – envious

Amer/amère – bitter

Intolérance et étroitesse d'esprit

Intolérant-e – intolerant

Étroit-e d’esprit – narrow-minded

Préjugés – prejudice

Dogmatisme – dogmatism

Entêté-e – stubborn

Instabilité et inconstance

Inconstant – fickle

Versatile – capricious

Indécis-e – indecisive

Manque de maîtrise de soi (lack of self-control)

Impatient-e – impatient

Intempérant-e – intemperate, excessive

Glouton-ne – glutton

Impétueux/euse – impetuous

Pessimisme et défaitisme

Pessimiste – pessimistic

Défaitiste – defeatist

Nihiliste – nihilistic

Cynique – cynic

Naïveté et crédulité

Naïf/ve – naive

Crédule – gullible

Ingénu-e – ingenuous

Candide – candid, unworldly

I've been thinking about Kshafa nominal declension (the Evil) again, and came to the conclusion that in some parts it is just too complicated to be kept that way in the regular system. Maybe for select irregular words, but not in general. So I've done some reworking (the Curse).

The Problem

The main problem is that of the indefinite ergative, locative singular, and nominative plural. They are the yellow cells in this table showing the paradigm of liman (I wrote a detailed post on how this paradigm evolved here):

As you can probably see, they have vastly different stems: li(m)V(n)- vs zhaen-, basically only the final nasal is the same. Now I support stem alternations wholeheartedly, but idk. This just feels a bit two much. These aren't even that used forms. like yes the ergative is a pretty important case, but the indefinite ergative, specifically? it just feels too underused to survive this. And so! I propose a single step of sweeping analogical leveling!

The Solution

For this example I will use the dummy form *rikep. The state of affairs just before the analogy takes place is like this:

There are 4 stems in the paradigm atp:

*rikap- the bare stem is the form used when the noun is followed by modifiers, so it's very common

*ricap- the stem used for most definite forms, so also a very dominant stem

*rikip- a stem that appears in a fair number of cells, both definite and indefinite

*rʲàcép- the talked about problem child, a stem that appears in only 1/5 cells, all of them of the less used indefinite.

The indefinite paradigm is the most varied, even though it is less common, and so it gets completely remodeled. The stem *rikip- gets extended into all indefinite forms barring the nominative singular, which keeps its special stem because of how common it is. The singular dative analogizes because its stem is seen as "the definite stem", and the yellow cells analogize because they are just too different.

Now we have a nice simple system of only three stems! a definite stem *ricap-, an indefinite stem *rikip- (which appears in three definite forms), and a basic stem which is derived from the indefinite stem through a vowel change ❤️ yay ❤️

But things don't stop here. After this period of analogy, sound changes continue to happen, and the final paradigm in modern Kshafa is this:

A new forth stem rikhi- is created for the indefinite dative and plural locative. It's the same as the regular general stem with just the stem final consonant dropping because of the prohibition of clusters, and these forms have consonant initial suffixes.

For those wondering, the updated paradigm of liman is this:

Schoolhouse Rock, "A Noun Is a Person, Place, or Thing" (1973)

PT: 1406: Noupronal /end PT

DEFINITION ⦂⠀Someone who uses a word as a noun and pronoun, such as using a name and nameself pronouns, matching title and pronouns, so on.

PT: Definition: Someone who uses a word as a noun and pronoun, such as using a name and nameself pronouns, matching title and pronouns, so on. /end PT

This is not a gender, only a combination of referential language, though it may be affected by gender.

ADDITIONAL ⦂⠀Coined on the 13th of July, 2026.

PT: Additional: Coined on the 13th of July, 2026. /end PT

TAGGING ⦂⠀@c1rcus-of-silliness @dearestchild @goregender @miscellaneous-id @pridetemplates @radiomogai @wordqai

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