On 3/18/2020 10:42 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
We have the noun {moch} which means "(the) superior".
I wonder, whether we could use it in noun-noun constructions as {moch Qelpu'}/{moch maqleghpu'}, to say things like "the superior doctors"/"the superior priests", i.e. the doctors/priests who are of higher rank.
The problem is, that reading {moch Qelpu'}, I understand {the doctors of the superior}, whatever the @!#! this means..
Don't confuse the translation /Y of the X/ with a more genitive meaning where Y is narrowed to the sense of X. *moch Qel. *It's a doctor. What sort of doctor? A higher-rank doctor. I wouldn't expect *moch* to participate much in noun-noun constructions like this. It would typically stand alone or be the head noun. *ja'chuq Qel mochDaj je*/The doctor and his/her superior confer./ *lagh ra' Sogh mochDaj*/The ensign is ordered by his lieutenant superior./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name