Editing D'ni grammar (section)

=== Modifiers ===
{| class="wikitable"
| –<b>ets</b>
| noun → adjective
| &nbsp;
| –<b>tahv</b>
| verb → noun (abstract)
|-
| –<b>et</b>
| noun → adjective
| &nbsp;
| –<b>tahn</b>
| verb → noun (actor)
|-
| –<b>th</b>
| adjective → noun
| &nbsp;
| –<b>on</b>
| adjective → verb
|-
| –(<b>e</b>)<b>sh</b>
| adjective → adverb
| &nbsp;
| <b>de</b>–
| again, anew
|}

Note that when ''–esh'' is attached to a vowel, it loses the "e", e.g. ''gahro'' → ''gahrosh'', unlike ''–ets'' which usually keeps it. The ''–eth'' suffix can identify a quality or be used as an epithet, e.g. ''gahroth'' "greatness" or "the great one".

The particle ''–et'' confers the meaning of "full of" ("thank–ful"), while ''–ets'' confers the meaning of a quality ("storm–y"). The latter also forms ordinals: ''tor'' "four" → ''torets'' "fourth".

Keep in mind the distinction between ''–ahl'' and ''–et'': the present part. describes an action that the thing is currently doing, e.g. ''redoyhah choylahnayahl'' "the machine in the process of finishing".

The uncommon prefix ''–on'' is used with the meaning of "to make ''adj.''", e.g. ''zithon'' "to make low" , i.e. "to lower".

A few verbs can also be used as nouns without the ''–tahv'' suffix, like ''eder'' "sleep" and ''say'' "design". No specific rule regarding which verbs can be used as such is known.


Examples:
: {{dni-text|ahno}} "water" → {{dni-text|ahnoets}} "watery" (wet)
: {{dni-text|vokan}} "birth" → {{dni-text|devokan}} "rebirth" (hope)
: {{dni-text|gahro}} "great" → {{dni-text|gahroth}} "greatness", {{dni-text|gahrosh}} "greatly"
: {{dni-text|mees}} "speak" → {{dni-text|meestahv}} "speech", {{dni-text|meestahn}} "speaker"