So, I was recently pondering...if BDSM were a Hebrew shoresh (Bet, Dalet, Samech, Mem), and then made into a verb, would it be piel or hitpael?
Since those are the 2 binyanim that can have a 4 letter root, they're the options.
I mean...l'badsem sounds nice....and it is, in some ways, active. I like the idea of it being an active verb for anyone taking part. But l'hitbadsem I prefer...reflexive seems to work better, ideologically...
On the other hand, Bidsum sounds better than hitbadsum as a gerund.
Thoughts?
As we were talking about earlier today...
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be cool if it could be l'havd'sim; at least for us subs, the causative does seem incredibly appropriate. If that is simply impossible then I must vote for pi'el as it is the intensive.
But I think the reflexive works because of the symbiotic nature of the experience...but at the end of the day, I think piel is better.
ReplyDeleteWhoo hoo! We made up a verb. :)