Frédéric Mistral / Poet and Leader in Provence

by Charles Alfred Downer

vièi, old.
vièiour, old age.

-ous, -ouso.

This is the Latin -osus; French -eux, -euse. It forms many new words in Mistral.

urous (Fr. heureux), happy.
pouderous (It. and Sp. poderoso), powerful.
aboundous, abundant.
pin, pine.
pinous, covered with pines.
escalabra, to climb.
escalabrous, precipitous.

-ta (fem.).

This is the equivalent of the Latin -tas, French -té. In Mistral's language it is usually preceded by a connecting vowel e.

moundaneta, worldliness.
soucieta, society.
paureta, poverty.

-u (masc.), -udo (fem.).

This ending terminates the past participles of verbs whose infinitive ends in e. It also forms many new adjectives.