Wadan Nipayuma Ha Mulothpaththiya - වදන් නිපැයුම හා මූලෝත්පත්තිය - The Formation and Derivation of Words.
[මෙම පාඩම පසුව සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කර, පළ කරනු ඇත!]
{This Lesson would be translated into Sinhalese & published later!}
# We may class words as Primary and Derived. Primary words are generally of one syllable:
Boy; care; end; hand; long; see; train; wit …
Derived words are such as:
Boyish; careful; ending; handsome; along; sight; trainer; witty …
# When two Primary words or a Primary and a Derived word are united to make a new word, the result is called a Compound word:
Beehive; clean-shaven; outside; forget-me-not; walking-stick; sandal-wood ...
# Derived words (or Derivatives) can be divided into Primary and Secondary.
Primary Derivatives are those which have been made by some change inside an Original Word: Bleed from blood; feet from foot; spoke from speak; struck and stroke from strike ...
# Original words are very old, and so it is often difficult to say which of two similar words came first. In such cases we call the words Cognate or Related.
# Low and lie are cognate, so are let and late, and band and bind and bond, and very many others. But we do not always know which is the older.
