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sayad- v.  “to convince, have STH approved” (triconsonantal-verb)

From Tolkien.Neo-cities.org.

 

Inflections

Aorist

sayda[1]

“convinces”

Continuative-present

sayudi

“convincing”

Past

sayyada/mî sayda

“convinced”

Continuative-past

mî sayudi

“was convincing”

Future

rô sayda

“will convince”

Continuative-Future

rô sayudi

“will be convincing”

Plural

-m

(suffix to forms above to indicate plurality)

 

[1].  While tempting, the [ay] in sayda does not get assimilated in any way (such as [ay] > [ai] > [ê]).  That only occurs if the combination is permanent, and not a temporary transformation of a stem (e.g. saphad- becomes saphda, not saptha).