Shortform
“declaring” in braille
Written d-c-l-g — 9 letters cut to 4 letters of abbreviation, then written in 4 cells. That is 5 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 1-4-5, then dots 1-4, then dots 1-2-3, then dots 1-2-4-5
Unicode ⠙⠉⠇⠛ — 9 letters in 4 cells
How to recognise it
d-c-l-g, the declare shortform plus a g. It is one of six -ing partners on the list, and the only one outside the -ceive family apart from “rejoicing”.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “declaring” loses 5 letters — e, a, r, i, n — to become dclg. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | declaring | 9 cells |
| Abbreviated | dclg | 4 letters |
| Written | 4 cells |
It carries no endings
No English word begins with “declaring” except the word itself, so there is nothing for an ending rule to decide here. These 4 cells write the bare word and nothing else. “good” is the opposite case — it carries seven different endings.
What these 4 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4-5 | the letter d; the word “do” standing alone | |
| 1-4 | the letter c; the word “can” standing alone | |
| 1-2-3 | the letter l; the word “like” standing alone | |
| 1-2-4-5 | the letter g; the word “go” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “declaring” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“declaring” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: dclg in 4 cells, not 9 letters.
