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Orthr
The “primary” or most influential language of the dwarves, most widespread amongst that race. Orthr is used by the dwarves of Hammer Gully, and as at least a secondary language by most other dwarven settlements. This is the language officially referred to when one speaks of “dwarvish.”
Conjugating Orthic Verbs
Present System (encompasses present and irregular systems)
Irregular verb form: to be
root: ta vera, erud
| Person | Form | Person | Form |
| 1st Singular | em | 1st Plural | erum |
| 2nd Singular | ert | 2nd Plural | eru∂ |
| 3rd Singular | er | 3rd Plural | eru |
Other verbs
root: ta vega, veg — to kill
| Person | Form | Person | Form |
| 1st Singular | veg | 1st Plural | vegum |
| 2nd Singular | vegr | 2nd Plural | vegi∂ |
| 3rd Singular | vegr | 3rd Plural | vega |
Past System
In the past system the second principle part is used as a root but the vowel shifts. (To be added later)
Nouns
Nouns in Orthr decline, but articles are not optional and must still be used. We will use the sample noun, harmr (harm-a- being the stem) (sorrow) in this excersize.
| Case | Number | Form |
| Nominative | Singular | stem -a +r (harmr) |
| Accusative | Singular | stem -a (harm) |
| Genitive | Singular | stem -a +s/r (harms) |
| Dative | Singular | stem -a +i (harmi) |
| Nominative | Plural | stem +r (harmar) |
| Accusative | Plural | stem (harma) |
| Genitive | Plural | stem -a +a (harma) |
| Dative | Plural | stem vowel shift down, -a +um (hormum) |
Articles
The most common Orthr article is the definite article +inn (the). This is usually post positive. Thus, Heimrinn (the home).
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