Old Arram Translator
Old Arram is the first tongue of Elshore, the language of the Iru, now kept only in liturgy and inscription. This is an honest gloss between Old Arram and your site language, drawn word by word from the surviving lexicon.
A single Markdown file with the full grammar, every word, worked examples, and instructions for an AI agent to write real, beautiful Old Arram.
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Rule-built translation, not fluent speech: the engine applies the canon morphology and reorders simple clauses into subject-object-verb, but long or nested sentences keep their typed order. Select a word to see exactly what the engine did.
Grammar and phonology
- Word order
- Subject - Object - Verb (SOV)
- Type
- Analytic-agglutinative
- Stress
- On the second syllable by default
- Syllable
- CV(C); the glottal mark ( ’ ) shows a morpheme boundary
- Script
- The Ilso Script (the naturally evolved, flowing hand of the Iru)
Derivational suffixes
Old Arram builds meaning by adding productive suffixes to a stem. Stem mutation is rare.
| -d | Verbaliser (feel → feelid, to depict) |
|---|---|
| -e / -le | Nominaliser (isuu → isuule, corpse) |
| -nio | Bearer of a quality, scion of |
| -foo | Of the, originating from, possessing |
| -nno | Basic adjectival suffix |
| -nni | Comparative degree |
| -nin | Superlative degree |
| -ii | Intensifier or pluraliser |
| -oo | Masculine marker (names, gendered forms) |
| -aa | Feminine or abstract nominal suffix |
| -la | Motion or wave-associated noun/aspect |
| 'ïna | Genitive / agentive enclitic: of, by, through (uhi'ïna = of the structure) |
Tense, aspect, and mood
Time is marked by prefixes (past) and a suffix (future); aspect by particles before the verb.
| nih’- | Past tense (aelid → nih’aelid, moved) |
|---|---|
| lihe’- | Poetic or emphatic past |
| ofi | Perfect: has/have done |
| ofi’ele | Stative/passive perfect: has been done |
| -ifo | Future (ill → ill’ifo, will work) |
| tam | Distant, uncertain, or fated future |
Modality
Built around a content verb (here kohta, to build). The modal word precedes it.
| taanud | want to (desire) |
|---|---|
| hiki | can (ability) |
| enle | may (permission) |
| tarwi | must (obligation) |
| paha | will probably (speculation) |
| sen | maybe (hypothetical) |
Numerals
A transparent base-10 system. Numbers above ten are right-headed compounds joined with the glottal mark.
| dun’ash | 11 (ten and one) |
|---|---|
| ner’dun’sur | 23 (two tens and three) |
| wal’dun | 40 (four tens) |
| terun’hil | 105 (hundred and five) |
| sur kena ner ele tem | three times two equals six |
Intentional homophonies
Three meanings the Iru kept fused rather than split apart.
| sur | winter AND three |
|---|---|
| iha | I AND strength |
| lisa | and / also AND add AND plus |
How the translator works
The engine is rule-based, with no machine guessing: it looks a word up in the lexicon, then tries the canon morphology (past nih', future -ifo, plural -ii, degrees -nni/-nin, postpositions, derivational suffixes, numeral compounds), reorders simple clauses into subject-object-verb, and forges a marked, rule-built stand-in for anything unknown. Select any word in the result to see the morphemes and the exact rules that produced it.
Sample sentences
Dho Thelian naawë feëlïd.
Literal the Thelian window depicts
Natural Thelian depicts the window.
Liï i’dho grël, chona uud’ï hro sëellanno.
Literal if you (are) the grël, do not cast yourself from wisdom
Natural If you are the grël, do not die stupid.
Iha ti’safad era selod’ifo.
Literal I that-say he/she go-will
Natural I say that he will go.
I’han isk gastë.
Literal my head affliction
Natural My head is in pain.
The lexicon
Showing 80 / 3864 (3864 words).
| Old Arram | Class | Meaning | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| a'aera | particle | when? | aera = time |
| a'aitia | particle | why? | aitia = cause |
| a'inim | particle | how? | inim = manner |
| a'iru | particle | who? | a' + iru |
| a'iru'na | particle | whose? | |
| a'itu | particle | which month? | itu = month |
| a'ki | particle | where? | ki = place |
| a'ki'hro | particle | where from? (whence) | |
| a'ki'nam | particle | which (place/thing)? | |
| a'ki'oon | particle | where to? (whither) | |
| a'liin | particle | what day? / when? | liin = day |
| a'nam | particle | what? (thing) | a' + nam |
| a'nam'ele | particle | what is it? | |
| a'sam | particle | which level? / which one? | sam = level |
| a'telos | particle | what result? / outcome? | |
| aa | noun | arm | |
| aalaan | noun | child | |
| aalto'sel | noun | swell, deep-sea wave | la (wave) of the open meri |
| aamun'koi | noun | dawn, first light | edge of proi (morning) |
| aamup | noun | morning meal | from proi (morning) custom |
| aamupifoo | adjective | of the morning meal, from the morning meal | productive origin/possession adjective of aamup + -foo |
| aanek | noun | loudness | expansion root |
| aanekifoo | adjective | of the loudness, from the loudness | productive origin/possession adjective of aanek + -foo |
| aanekno | adjective | loud, noisy | from aanek (loudness) + -nno adjectival |
| aani | noun | vote, voice in council | gu (voice) counted |
| aanid | verb | to vote | from aani (vote) + -d verbaliser |
| aanifoo | adjective | of the vote, from the vote | productive origin/possession adjective of aani + -foo |
| aanile | noun | act of vote, a vote-ing | productive nominalisation of aani + -e/-le |
| aaninio | noun | one given to vote, vote-bearer | productive agent of aani + -nio |
| aar | verb | to roam, to discover | |
| aarë | noun | a roaming, a discovery | |
| aareton | noun | the boundless, infinite | without bir |
| aaretonifoo | adjective | of the the boundless, from the the boundless | productive origin/possession adjective of aareton + -foo |
| aaretonno | adjective | boundless, infinite | from aareton (the boundless) + -nno adjectival |
| aarre | noun | treasure, hoard | expansion root |
| aarrefoo | adjective | of the treasure, from the treasure | productive origin/possession adjective of aarre + -foo |
| aateli | noun | the nobility as a class | expansion root |
| aatelifoo | adjective | of the the nobility as a class, from the the nobility as a class | productive origin/possession adjective of aateli + -foo |
| aawe | noun | ghost, lingering shade | na that did not cross to manala |
| aawefoo | adjective | of the ghost, from the ghost | productive origin/possession adjective of aawe + -foo |
| aawikko | noun | waste, barren expanse | tik'daara is sand-desert; aavikko any waste |
| aawikkofoo | adjective | of the waste, from the waste | productive origin/possession adjective of aawikko + -foo |
| abu | noun | father | |
| abu'leç | noun | uncle (paternal) | |
| abu'nin | noun | aunt (paternal) | |
| aci | verb | reach, get, arrive | |
| acile | noun | a reach, extent | |
| addu | noun | lightning (far away) | |
| ae | noun | movement | |
| aelïd | verb | to move | |
| aelud | verb | to live, to exist | |
| aeludnno | adjective | livable, habitable | aelud (to live) + -nno adjectival |
| aër | noun | air, wind | |
| aer'laiwa | noun | airship, sky vessel | conceptual compound aer + laiwa |
| aera | noun | time, moment, interval | |
| aera'la | noun | current of time, time-wave | aera (time) + la (wave) |
| aeradë | noun | measured time | |
| aeradïd | verb | to delay or measure time | |
| aes | noun | prime | |
| agi | noun | job, wage labour | |
| ago | noun | business, activity | |
| ah'ino | adverb | bad | |
| ah'oial | adverb | true | |
| ah'opio | adverb | young | |
| ahil | adverb | poor | |
| ahke | noun | diligence | expansion root |
| ahkefoo | adjective | of the diligence, from the diligence | productive origin/possession adjective of ahke + -foo |
| ahkenno | adjective | diligent, industrious | from ahke (diligence) + -nno adjectival |
| ahwen | noun | striped lake-fish | common lake catch |
| ahwenifoo | adjective | of the striped lake-fish, from the striped lake-fish | productive origin/possession adjective of ahwen + -foo |
| aï | interjection | exclamation of pain, shock, or awe | |
| aikakaps | noun | time-cache, deliberate deposit | left by the old world for the new |
| aikakapsifoo | adjective | of the time-cache, from the time-cache | productive origin/possession adjective of aikakaps + -foo |
| aikakau | noun | era, epoch | udil of the whole ki-ur |
| aikakaufoo | adjective | of the era, from the era | productive origin/possession adjective of aikakau + -foo |
| aine | noun | matter, substance | expansion root |
| ainefoo | adjective | of the matter, from the matter | productive origin/possession adjective of aine + -foo |
| airo | noun | oar | expansion root |
| airod | verb | to row | from airo (oar) + -d verbaliser |
| airofoo | adjective | of the oar, from the oar | productive origin/possession adjective of airo + -foo |