Talk:Emydisch

RFV discussion: December 2017–February 2018
Is this really a noun, not an adjective? Does it really have the meaning emydid (zoology: Any member of the Emydidae)? --Bruno413 (talk) 06:55, 12 December 2017 (UTC) German translation of noun Emydidae or emydids could be Emydiden, which exists and is regulary formed by Latin -ae > German -en. Backformed singular might be Emydide. -91.6.207.72 06:41, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * As far as I can find, there are 4 uppercase uses in all of Google, and they all read "Das Dithyrosternon valdense der schweizerischen Bohnerze scheint mehr Emydisch als Testudinisch zu sein". I tried all the plausible inflected forms I could think of: Emydische, Emydischen, Emydischer, and Emydisches, and they were all lowercase. Even in this sentence, the context is consistent with that of an adjective, though not enough to rule out its being a noun. Chuck Entz (talk) 08:25, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If it was a noun in your citation, shouldn't it be "… scheint mehr ein Emydisch als ein Testudinisch zu sein"? --Bruno413 (talk) 09:02, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * The citation could have a noun in it ('mehr ... als ...' can occur with nouns and without article), or could have an adjective (which for whatever reason was capitalised - maybe in analogy to some adjectives derived from personal names?).


 * RFV failed. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:36, 17 February 2018 (UTC)