Myr'idic

A Digital Primer

Overview

Welcome to Myr'idic, a meticulously crafted conlang designed to express nuance, emotion, and action with the efficiency of a scientist and elegance of a mystic. At its core, Myr'idic is a modular morphosyntatic language where communication is built from root vocabulary known as Cirquills.

Word Structure

Cirquills can almost always be compared to nouns in English. The vocabulary of Myr'idic is composed entirely of different patterns of cirquills. When written, a cirquill looks like a circular sigil that is formed by combining string-like patterns of runes around the circumference. These patterns are called the warp. They are inscribed over the circular base of the cirquill called the weft. The warp behave like letters in English, informing the sound of the cirquill. The cirquill, like words, are linked together by their weft to form a weave, which is the Myr'idic equivalent of a sentence.

Myr'idic is written and read as a fractal spiral, in clockwise fashion, smallest to largest. The warp forms the sound of the cirquill, and they in turn form the concept of the weave.

Cirquills are enhanced by tethers. In the written language, a tether is a layer of warp through wefts attached above or below the primary word. Typically, the top (prefixed) tether functions like an adjective, giving descriptive qualities to the word. The bottom (suffixed) tether changes the core meaning of the word in a specific way. For example, the cirquill for 'night,' nyth, could have the tethered prefix for 'cloud,' lar, which transforms the cirquill into lar'nyth, meaning 'misty night.' It is possible for a cirquill to have long weft on either end that can add greater nuance.

Even the word Myr'idic is a tethered word. It combines the tether of myr meaning 'enchanting' and the cirquill of idic, meaning 'language'. However, flipping the tether myr to the cirquill changes the word from 'enchanting' to 'woman.' Since this is the core word, idic becomes the suffixed tether—a transformative word meaning 'the art of communication.' Therefore, Myr'idic could also be translated as 'the art of women's speech.' There is a lot of opportunity for wordplay using the placement of the main cirquill in a complete word.

Another great example of this interplay in action is the word for 'good night's rest,' ga'shael'nyth'serai, which combines the cirquills ga (completion), shael (sleep), nyth (night), and serai (hospitality). In English, this would be literally translated as 'the welcoming feeling of night's completed sleep.'

You'll notice that Myr'idic, as it is written in English, cirquill and their tethers are separated with an apostrophe. This is for the ease of agglutinative interpretation of the complete word. This is especially helpful with larger words.

Temporal Tethers

A temporal tether gives a cirquill the context of performing action within a specific time reference. This acts like the mechanics of verbs and the conjugations thereof in English and many other languages. Myr'idic has 21 temporal tethers, but fortunately, does not require conjugates.

When a cirquill is paired with a temporal tether, they are often not paired with other tethers except in advanced Myr'idic literature and formal oration.

We will use the cirquill shaar which means 'door' or 'portal' with each temporal tether, combined with the possessive ta, meaning 'it (singular)' to show how this works with simple sentences.

Present simple

Ta shar'ar ('It passes through')

Ava

Present perfect

Ta shar'ava ('It has passed through')

Avair

Future perfect

Ta shar'avair ('It will have passed through')

Elvan

Past remote

Ta shar'elvan ('It passed through long ago')

Eten

Past continuous

Ta shar'eten ('It was passing through')

Even

Past perfect continuous

Ta shar'even ('It had been passing through')

Felven

Hypothetical

Ta shar'felven ('It might pass through')

Iren

Future continuous

Ta shar'iren ('It will be passing through')

Thellen

Counterfactual

Ta shar'thellen ('It would have passed through')

Valien

Prospective

Ta shar'valien ('It is probably going to pass through')

Yan

Timeless/universal

Ta shar'yan ('It has always passed through')

Aren

Present continuous

Ta shar'aren ('It is passing through')

Aven

Present perfect continuous

Ta shar'aven ('It has been passing through')

Avenir

Future perfect continuous

Ta shar'avenir ('It will have been passing through')

Past simple

Ta shar'et ('It passed through')

Eva

Past perfect

Ta shar'eva ('It has passed through')

Felve

Ultimatum

Ta shar'felve ('It must pass through')

Future simple

Ta shar'ir ('It will pass through')

Vin

Inceptive

Ta shar'vin ('It begins to pass through')

Tyren

Future immediate

Ta shar'tyren ('It is about to pass through')

Viron

Iterative

Ta shar'viron ('It passes through cyclically')

Basic Infinitive

Shar'is ('to pass through')

Modifiers

Modifiers are singular bits of warp along the weft that can either slightly or greatly change the meaning of a weave in Myr'idic. They are statement markers that denote inflection, emphasis, directives, or modify an idea completely.

Dar ['dar' like "dart"]

Inverse meaning

Ta shar'yan-dar ('It never passes through.')

Vus ['vOOs']

A drawing from within, summoning (a power)

Shon'is-vus ma lae-diir ('Repair my sight, I bring forth')

Pos ['poss' like "possible"]

Polite request or invitation

Pos-ta shar'is ('Please, you, pass through.')

Dareq [Combination of 'dar' and 'eq']

Inverse with emphasis

Ta shar'ir-dareq ('It will definitely not pass through!')

Yue ['yeugh' (back of throat)]

Diminished importance or weakness

Ta shar'ar-yue ('It barely passes through.')

Em ['em' as in "emancipate"]

Pluralization

Ca-shar'em ('The doors.')

Qua ['kwa' like the middle of "squabble"]

Basic interrogative

Ta shar'iren-qua ('It will be passing through, yes?')

Tuz ['tOOse' like "two" and the end of "whose"]

A reinforcement of demand

Tuz-ta shar'felve ('Do now, you must pass through')

Eq ['ec' as in "ectoplasm"]

Emphasis/intensification

Ta shar'aren-eq ('It is definitely passing through!')

Teq ['tek' (like "Tequatl")]

Contradition or correction

Ta shar'ar-teq ('Actually, it passes through.')

Lae ['lay']

Ownership

Ta lae-shar ('Its door.')

Conjunctions

Conjunctions, like modifiers, are bits of warp along the weave independent of cirquills, used to build complex meaning within the language. In the next examples, we will use the cirquills ith meaning 'control/master' and ipan meaning 'divide.'

Kus ['kOOs']

And

Ta-ith'ar kus ipan'ar ('It controls and divides.')

Wos ['woss']

But

Ta-ipan'ar wos ith'is-dar ('It divides but doesn't control.)

Da (used only with dar) ['da' like from 'dart']

Nor/neither

Ta-ith'ar-dar da ipan'ar ('It neither controls, nor divides.')

Nos ['noss']

Unless

Ta-ith'ar nos ipan'ar ('It controls unless it divides.')

Pos ['poss']

When

Ta-ith'ar pos ipan'ar ('It controls when it divides.')

Va ['vah' like "varnish"]

Ca-ith va ipan. ('The mastery of division.')

Hil ['hEEl']

Until

Ta-ith'ar hil ipan'ar ('It controls until it divides.')

Zil ['zeal']

Whether

Ta-ith'ar zil ipan'ar ('It controls whether it divides.')

Fae ['fay']

As long as / provided that

Ta-ith'ar fae ipan'ar ('It controls as long as it divides.')

Ei ['ay']

As though (comparative)

Ta-ipan'ar ei ith'ar ('It divides as though it controls.')

Ca ['ca' like from "car"]

The / specific instance of

Ca'ipan ith'ar. ('The division controls.')

Is ['is' like from "Izzy"]

To (also denotes basic infinitive of root)

Ipan ith'is ('Divide to control.')

Xos ['choss']

By / via

Ta-ipan'ar xos ith'ar ('It divides by controlling.')

Us ['OOs']

With

Ta-ith'ar us ipan ('It controls with division.')

Dus ['dOOs']

Not

Ta-ith'ar dus ipan'ar ('It controls, not divides.')

Kros ['cross']

Ta-ith'ar kros ipan'ar ('It controls if it divides.')

Os ['oss']

Ta-ith'ar os ipan'ar ('It controls or divides.')

Pros ['pross']

Where

Ta-ith'ar pros ipan'ar ('It controls where it divides.')

Prin ['prEEn']

Therefore / thus / next,then

Ta-ipan'ar pryn ith'ar ('It divides, therefore controls.')

Hin ['hEEn']

Within / in

Ta-ipan'ar hin ta-ith ('It divides within its control.')

Ril ['reel']

While / during

Ta-ith'ar ril ipan'ar ('It controls while it divides.')

Tae ['tay']

So that / in order to

Ta-ipan'ar tae ith'ar ('It divides so that it controls.')

A ['ah' like from "art"]

Ipan a ith. ('Division is control.')

L ['l' sound]

A / Specific instance or example of

L'ipan ith'aren. ('A divider is controlling.')

Xae ['chay']

From

Ta-ith'ar xae ipan ('It controls from division.')

Sis ['sis' as in "sister"]

Through

Ta-ipan'ar sis ith ('It divides through control.')

Note on 'Ca'

The Cirquill 'ca' can be contracted to 'c' when paired with another Cirquill with the same 'a' sound. For example:

ca'arl ('the forest') = c'arl

Note on 'Is'
The Cirquill 'is' for 'to' serves both as an infinitive marker and a directional preposition, depending on its attachment (or lack thereof). For example:

Standalone 'is' = directional "to" in English. vet'aren is c'arl ('traveling to the forest')
Tethered 'is' = infinitive marker. sev'is ('to hunt')
Together, ma vet'aren is c'arl sev'is mere'em ('I am going to the forest to hunt rabbits')

Possessives

Possessives describe ownership or association with a weave. In Myr'idic, possessive markers are warp sitting on the weft independent from cirquills. They are used to indicate who or what something belongs to. These possessives function similarly to possessive pronouns in English (e.g., my, your, their), but they are embedded directly into the structure of the language.

We will use the cirquill shael meaning 'sleep' in the examples:

Ma - Addressing or referring to onesself.
Mem - Plural with a group encompassing onesself.
Ya - Singular 'you' to directly address an individual.
Yem - Plural 'you' as in 'you all' to address a group.
Ja - Singular 'they' for a specific individual.
Jem - Plural 'they' for a group of individuals.
Ta - Singular 'it' for an inanimate object or abstraction.
Tem - Plural 'it' or 'they' for a group of inanimate objects or abstraction.

Aj - person marker suffix ("one who does x")
Ajem - people marker suffix ("those who do x")

Note: Myr'idic does not make a distinction between masculine or feminine in possessive pronouns, but one might use myr and ryn for descriptive reinforcement. For example, jem'myr ('those women') or ja'ryn ('that man').

Vocabulary

Pronunciation Guide & MicroWiki

r^ signifies a hard rolled 'r'

Places, Cities, & POI

Den'nere (den-NERE'r^): The name of the planet as well as the name for the super-continent formed from a meteor impact dating back nearly 250,000 years before the events of the Ninefold Fracture. The name means 'foundational sphere' or, literally, 'planet.'
Oasi'vros (o'AH'SEE-v'ross): Mega-city called "Ocean Flow" forming part of the Crystal Coast in the west. Home to the Crystal Archives. Ocean Flow is destroyed during the Prisilium War, and later becomes the ruins of the Nightshawl.
Rysan'shae (RYE-sah'n-SHAY): Mega-city called "Joyful Mother" forming part of the Crystal Coast in the west. The capital city of the Myr. The city was destroyed during the Prisilium War when a devastating weapon was detonated, creating the Abyssal Maw, exploited later by the Myr'inil--specifically the Night Coven from the Nightshawl to create Voidkin.
Yol'vir (yole-VEER): City-state and metropolis toward the southeast that was destroyed by the Ryn during the war.
Kris'sen'qarat (kriss-sen-KWAR'ah't): The Crystal Archives (aka "Star Against the Sea") is one of three great bastions (cov'enn) built during the Age of Myr to honor the Keepers of Den'nere. Located in the ancient city of Oasi'vros, the structure serves as a repository of Myr'idic knowledge and a nexus to channel Elyn'arin.

Aquatic Bodies

Oasi'vorsyr (o'AH'SEE-vore-SEAR): Western sea
Oasi'drelsyr (o'AH'SEE-drell-SEAR): Eastern sea

Magic & Philosophy

Pris'myr (priss-MEER): A tripartite spiritual essence that that flows through the planet's core and extends throughout all matter. Often called "the blood of the world," it threads across reality in flowing filaments, connecting land, sea, sky, and all living things in an intricate web of resonance. It is simultaneously physical and metaphysical, existing as both tangible energy and spiritual presence. The energy flows from Dennere's molten core, where it churns like an eternal, primordial wellspring.
Elyn'arin (el'EYE'N-ah'RINN): The Radiant Heart (gold/radiant). The source of creation, destruction, and rebirth. The Myr'ides revered this Heart above all others, drawing upon its warmth to nurture and restore.
Elyn'thir (el'EYE'N-THEER): The Resolute Heart (blue/geometric). The drive to shape what is and defy destruction. During the Prisilium War, the Ryn Dynasties drew deeply from this Heart.
Elyn'tryl (el'EYE'N-TREE'L): The Ruminant Heart (violet/fluidic). The power of accumulated experience and memory. The Myr'inil wielded this aspect extensively to twist grief and pain into unfettered power.
Prisili'yan'viron (prih-SIL-ee-YAHN-veer-OHN): Myr'idic concept meaning "the endless cycle, always seeking balance." The term literally translates from Myr'idic as "balanced transformation cycle," reflecting the cosmological principle that all things are part of Pris'myr
Xynor'yrn (CHAI-norr-YEARN): A profound Myr'idic phrase expressing the fundamental concept of cyclical time—the inevitable rotation of existence through creation, destruction, and renewal. More than a simple word, it serves as both philosophical framework and ritualistic utterance.
Elyn'ith (el'EYE'N-ith): "Heart Masters" are exceedingly rare individuals who are sensitive to all three aspects of Pris'myr simultaneously, manipulating it at its most fundamental level, balancing and redirecting its flow.
Prisili'um (prih-SIL-ee-uhm): The physical, crystallized manifestation of Pris'myr. During the Age of Myr, it was abundant, fueling machines, illuminating cities, healing the sick, and enabling technological wonders that seamlessly blended arcane and mechanical principles.

Magitech

Kris'thal (KRISS-thall): A dagger-shaped omni-tool of the Myr'ides that served simultaneously as weapon, key, conduit, and data repository and processor within its fractal lattice.
Zhor'avor (ZHOR-ah-VORE): A massive military airship called the "Skyward Danger," constructed by the Ryn Dynasties during the final year of the Prisilium War. Representing the pinnacle of Ryn engineering, the vessel combined mechanical sophistication with machined Prisilium to create a weapon of unprecedented destructive power.

Peoples & Factions

Arth'aj (ARTH-ah'dʒ): An ancient people who lived before the Age of Myr that expanded after the calamity from the sky. The Arth'ajem, protected by Vas'sat's Grove, were the only humans to survive the meteor. Name meaning 'person of the tree root'
Myr (MEER'r^): People of the Radiant Heart. When speaking about one: Myr'aj, or the people: Myr'ajem.
Ryn (RINE): People of the Deathless Emperor. When speaking about one: Ryn'aj, or the people: Ryn'ajem.
Thir'ajem va ca'nyshael'dar (THEER-ah'dʒem VAH nigh-SHALE-dar): Disciples of the Deathless
Myr'ides (MEER-ih'dess): Masters of the Radiant Heart
Myr'inil (MEER-in'ill): The "True Myr"

The Keepers

Kulshedra: The Wyrm Mother, Mother of the Shift, Former Keeper of the Radiant Heart, Sovereign of Ruin, World Breaker
- Kul'sheda (cool-SHED-ah): Name meaning 'first dragon'
- Sheda'ra (SHED-ah-rah) diminutive: Name meaning 'beloved dragon'
Vassa: Keeper of the Ruminant Heart
- Vas'sat (vah's-SAH'T): Name meaning 'spirit of the tree'
Ky'naril (KAI-nah-RILL): Keeper of the Resolute Heart. Name meaning 'the expansion of space'

People

Thir'yan (theer-YAH'n): First incarnation of the Deathless Emperor. Name meaning 'timeless purpose'
Tan'eth (tan-EH'TH): The Deathless One, Emperor of the Ryn. Name meaning 'one who gives form to truth'
L'dol'ovic (l'DOLE-oh'vick): The first male who could wield Prismyr. Name meaning 'curious warrior'
Er'ric (ERICK): Son of L'dol'ovic, leader of the Rune Runners before the fall of Nightshawl. Name meaning 'instinctual guardian'
Kor'ric (core-RICK): Son of L'dol'ovic, leader of the Rune Runners during the fall of Nightshawl. Name meaning 'unyielding guardian'
Maer'in (MAYER-in): Widow of Er'ric. Name meaning 'agreeable messenger'
Ky (KAI): Son of Er'ric and Maer'in, Rune Runner. Name meaning 'the void between worlds'
Nia (KNEE-ah): Daughter of Er'ric and Maer'in. Deceased. No Myr'idic meaning.
Ei'ra (AY-rah): Witchling of the Night Coven, Witch Runner, Heart Master. Name meaning 'as though [she is] loved'
Loha'ra (low-ha-RAH): Shapeshifter "Raven," Rune Runner. Name meaning 'beloved surprise'

The Myr'inil / "witches"

Velthera: Den Mother of the Nightshawl
- Vell'ther'ra (vell-th'AIR-ah): Name meaning 'beloved sacrifice'

Nicuris: The Hidden Dagger
- Nyf'kyu'ryth (KNIFE-cue-WRY'th): Name meaning 'sound of a secret'
Morvanys: The Knight Banneret
- Morr'vanys (more-vah'NICE): Name meaning 'sorrowful stone'
Zoryth: The Living Shadow
- Zhor'ryth (z'ore-WRY'th): Name meaning 'the sound of danger'
Olyndra: The Death Dreamer
- Olyn'dara (ole'EYE'n-dah-rah): Name meaning 'approaching rain'
Hūna (WHO-nah): Drowned Mother of the Drenchmire. A name with no Myr'idic meaning
Mul'mere (mull-MARE'r^): Sister of Hūna. Name meaning 'winter rabbit'
Fae'morr'ra (feh-MORE-rah): Sister of Hūna. Name meaning 'Given sadness, love'
Syl'keth (seal-KETH): The Fanged Mother of the Furthergrowth
Yol'vira (yole-VEER'ah): Mother of the Frozen Mind
So'rath (soh-WRATH): Mother of the Scorched Heart