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de-su · W119

desu · fault, wrong, moral failing · ✅

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Domain ethics / law / theology
Class entity / moral quality
Type compound
Register standard / ethical / theological
First use Matthew 5–7 translation (Lord's Prayer: "forgive us our de-su").

Composition

de (decrease/decay) + su (structure/product) = decay-product = the structured thing that results from moral decrease. Head-final: su (structure/organized form) is head; de specifies that the structure is one produced by a deficiency or decrease — a fault-shape.

Definition

fault; wrong; a moral or relational failure; the product of decrease applied to structure. The concrete result-thing of a moral failing. Covers: trespass, sin, wrong done, fault that requires addressing. Greek hamartia (sin/missing the mark) and opheilēma (debt/obligation).

Notes

The compound's logic: su forms the nominal of any process. de-su = "the structured result of decrease" = a fault-token that now exists and can be addressed. This is why forgiveness is ka-no-de-su: the deliberate removal of the fault-product. The fault exists as an entity (it was produced); forgiveness removes that entity. Contrasts: de = the process of decreasing/decaying (action/state) de-su = the product of that process = the fault-record de-vo = the quality of being evil (W121) ka-no-de-su = the act of removing the fault-record = forgiveness (W120)

de (primitive), su (primitive), ka-no-de-su (W120), de-vo (W121)

In the corpus

4 attestations.

S# Tonesu
S958 la-o-ka-su si [ta-ti-be la-na Anderton ka-de lo-na Crow] / la-na Anderton no ne de-su
A predicted future act is not yet established fault.
S959 go {la-o-ka-su ka-ko lo-na Anderton ta-ti-de lo-ka-to-fe}, la-o-ka-su si [la-na Anderton ne de-su]
Detention before adjudication turns prediction into accusation.
S962 la-wi-fe-su no to-su-ki lo-to-fe {si ; ti-be ; de-su ; ka-ko} / ke, la-o-ka-su ne-fe lo-ka-si lo-to-fe-li
Structural verdict: pre-crime collapses prediction, fault, and punishment.
S965 la-na Sibyl si [lo-na Kogami fa-ra-be nu-be lo-si-fe] / lo-na Kogami no ne de-su
High coefficient is not present fault.
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