07-08-2024, 08:29 PM
[quote="Torsten" pid='60836' dateline='1723018843']
In my opinion, the statistics demonstrate that [*ey] and [*edy], although related, behave differently.
A possible explanation for the end-to-end pattern for [*ey] and [*edy] is that the occurrence of a word final increases the likelihood of it reoccurring as the final of the next word. It seems as also other word finals, like [*d], [*l], [*r], and [*s] have an increased likelihood of reoccurring.
I know that Slavic/Slovenian theory is ignored by the experts, however this theory best explains the grammar, including the peculiar ey and edy suffixes. The Voynich Manuscript was written before the letter j became in use. The y was substituted for the semivowels yat and yer, which had no equivalent in Latin, therefore they were dropped.
Because there are no diacritic markers and no separate letters for different sounding vowels and semivowels, the short vowels and semivowels were most of the time not written. The Voynich dy acquired different meanings, depending which sound it was dropped: dy is used for conjunction 'that, so that', which would be used in conditional clauses. It was pronounced as di in dignity. In the 16th century, the dropped semivowels were inserted and y was replaced with i or j. Since dy as a conjunction changed to di or de, and still later to da.
The verb dy was changed to daj or dej, because it replaced ai or ei semivowel. Both forms were used in the Middle Ages.
In the word chdy (in blue square), the e is mising after che, which would be read as chedy, but shince chedy is already spelling correct, it is more likely that chdy stands for che dy (if you give).
Dy(daj, dej) is used in Slovenian as imperative of the verb dati (give!). In the old Slovenian, many verbs were formed from the noun by adding the verb dy, and were later shortened like English take a look - look. Example: CHUD DY - (marveling give) - shortened to CHUDY (after double letter dd was reduced to d. There are also some words where d belongs to the root, like chudy (marvel) -where one.
As for the sufix -ej - this is most common suffix in Slovenian singular imperative, like rchey (say!), or the words ending, like key (what).
In the words where e is long and stressed, it is written as e, and followed by suffix -ti, -dy, it becomes -edy. Example: TEDY (tedaj - then, that time), otedy (otedi - heal!) chedy - (chedi - clean).
In the VM .
Also, the spelling of d and t was inconsistent, so that d was often used for t. This brings us to another Slavic/Slovenian suffix - ty, spelled as -dy. In the VM, the suffix -ti is used for verbs in infinitive form, like dati (to give). If misspelled, it would be written as dady.
I am surprised that nobody noticed the suffix -udy (marked green in my picture)
In my opinion, the statistics demonstrate that [*ey] and [*edy], although related, behave differently.
A possible explanation for the end-to-end pattern for [*ey] and [*edy] is that the occurrence of a word final increases the likelihood of it reoccurring as the final of the next word. It seems as also other word finals, like [*d], [*l], [*r], and [*s] have an increased likelihood of reoccurring.
I know that Slavic/Slovenian theory is ignored by the experts, however this theory best explains the grammar, including the peculiar ey and edy suffixes. The Voynich Manuscript was written before the letter j became in use. The y was substituted for the semivowels yat and yer, which had no equivalent in Latin, therefore they were dropped.
Because there are no diacritic markers and no separate letters for different sounding vowels and semivowels, the short vowels and semivowels were most of the time not written. The Voynich dy acquired different meanings, depending which sound it was dropped: dy is used for conjunction 'that, so that', which would be used in conditional clauses. It was pronounced as di in dignity. In the 16th century, the dropped semivowels were inserted and y was replaced with i or j. Since dy as a conjunction changed to di or de, and still later to da.
The verb dy was changed to daj or dej, because it replaced ai or ei semivowel. Both forms were used in the Middle Ages.
In the word chdy (in blue square), the e is mising after che, which would be read as chedy, but shince chedy is already spelling correct, it is more likely that chdy stands for che dy (if you give).
Dy(daj, dej) is used in Slovenian as imperative of the verb dati (give!). In the old Slovenian, many verbs were formed from the noun by adding the verb dy, and were later shortened like English take a look - look. Example: CHUD DY - (marveling give) - shortened to CHUDY (after double letter dd was reduced to d. There are also some words where d belongs to the root, like chudy (marvel) -where one.
As for the sufix -ej - this is most common suffix in Slovenian singular imperative, like rchey (say!), or the words ending, like key (what).
In the words where e is long and stressed, it is written as e, and followed by suffix -ti, -dy, it becomes -edy. Example: TEDY (tedaj - then, that time), otedy (otedi - heal!) chedy - (chedi - clean).
In the VM .
Also, the spelling of d and t was inconsistent, so that d was often used for t. This brings us to another Slavic/Slovenian suffix - ty, spelled as -dy. In the VM, the suffix -ti is used for verbs in infinitive form, like dati (to give). If misspelled, it would be written as dady.
I am surprised that nobody noticed the suffix -udy (marked green in my picture)