Gender
Akath has three genders:
- Animate: used for all sentient beings, most animals and a few other words
- Inanimate concrete: originally used for concrete nouns. Usually end in fricatives.
- Inanimate abstract: originally used for abstract nouns. Usually end in -r, -l, -t, or -ë.
| Gender | Common Final Sound | Common Suffixes |
|---|---|---|
| Animate | vowels, s, n, m | |
| Concrete | fricatives | |
| Abstract | r, l, t, ë, n | -ezel |
Common Suffixes
| Affix | Gender | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| -ezel | Abstract | nominalization of verbs |
| -ef | Concrete, Abstract (rare) | something related to the base word |
| -enas/-nas | Concrete | land or region related to something |
| me- | Any | Smaller or simpler version |
| -illo | Animate | Person related to something, usually because of occupation |
| -iz | Concrete | An object used for some action |