On 8/12/2019 1:45 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
If I knew when I'm supposed to use {-mey} on {gher'ID} and when not, I'd be happier.
Not as happy as I'd be, if I won a million euros, but I'd be slightly happier than I'm now.
I mean, what the ghe''or is happening with this word ?
Is it inherently plural ? Can we pluralize it ? Why are some of its' meanings singular and some plural ?
My guess is that the word can be applied in the singular to the outcome of a singular process, even if that consists of multiple components, the "results." One process, one *gher'ID.* If you performed multiple processes whose outcomes were not linked into a whole, they would be *gher'IDmey.* Suppose you throw a ball into the air and want to see what happens. Its falling to the ground is the *gher'ID.* If you perform the experiment multiple times, each result is a *gher'ID.* The collection of all of them would be *gher'IDmey. *But if you combine all your separate *gher'ID* into a single conclusion, that is a singular *gher'ID* too, albeit a different one that has all the little *gher'ID* as its component parts. This is just my guess. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name