Sunday 28 February 2016

Personal Descriptions 17 (birth marriage and death)

Now that we know how to express dates we need to know what life events are important enough to have dates: hatches <genesigethow>, matches <demedhyansow> and despatches <encledhyansow>!

genesigeth
(SWFM genesygeth)
birth
genys
born
a veu genys
was born
bejidh[1] (SWFM besidh)
baptism
bejidhyes (SWFM besidhyes)
baptised, christened
cristonyes        
christened
demedhyans
marriage, wedding
maryach
marriage
demedhys        
married
a veu demedhys
was married
maryes
married
torva demedhyans (f)        
divorce
didhemedhyans        
divorce
didhemedhys
divorced
a veu didhemedhys
was divorced
gwedhow
widowed
mernans
death
marow
dead
a dhecessyas
died, deceased
a verwas
died, passed away
encledhyans[2]
(SWFM ynkleudhyans)  
burial
encledhys         
buried
a veu encledhys
was buried



[1]  You can also use the English borrowing <baptysm>
[2]  RG has ancledhiaz

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