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Fadanye

✓ Canonical — Attested in: Show

Note: the -n- insertion is likely prosodic, preventing the awkward vowel collision of fadaye and preserving the rhythmic contour of the base word.

fadanye

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Distinct from fada (sad) which describes a material, visible sadness (crying, frowning). Fadanye with the -ye suffix points to the immaterial inner state — sustained depression, a void inside oneself.
See also fadanya (sadness, sorrow), which uses the -nya nominalizer instead.

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-'''fadanye'''
+'''Fadanye'''
 ==Out of Universe==
-{{Canonicity|canonical}}
+{{Canon|canonical|show=yes}}
-Sourced from Song: Mat Cauthon.
-Attested in: ''[[Mat Cauthon]]''.
 ==Old Tongue==
 ===Etymology===
-* fada (sad)
+* [[fada]] (sad)
-* nye (again)
+* [[-ye]] (abstraction suffix)
+Note: the -n- insertion is likely prosodic, preventing the awkward vowel collision of ''fadaye'' and preserving the rhythmic contour of the base word.
-===Verb===
+===Noun===
 '''fadanye'''
-# to fill (especially emotional void)
+# sorrow, depression, emotional void
-====Attestations====
+=== Use in Canon ===
-{{Quote|gomaen fadanye taafle|Try to fill that hole|source=Mat Cauthon}}
+'''Songs'''
+* [[Mat Cauthon]] (Season 2)
+==Notes==
+* Distinct from [[fada]] (sad) which describes a material, visible sadness (crying, frowning). Fadanye with the [[-ye]] suffix points to the immaterial inner state — sustained depression, a void inside oneself.
+* See also [[fadanya]] (sadness, sorrow), which uses the [[-nya]] nominalizer instead.
 [[Category:Old Tongue words]]
-[[Category:Old Tongue verbs]]
+[[Category:Old Tongue nouns]]
-[[Category:Canonical]]
 [[Category:Song vocabulary]]