Shortform
“conceiving” in braille
Written c-o-n-c-v-g — 10 letters cut to 6 letters of abbreviation, then written in 4 cells. That is 6 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 2-5, then dots 1-4, then dots 1-2-3-6, then dots 1-2-4-5
Unicode ⠒⠉⠧⠛ — 10 letters in 4 cells
How to recognise it
The conceive shortform with a g on the end. Every -ceiving word on the list is its -ceive partner plus a g, so learning four words gets you eight.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “conceiving” loses 4 letters — e, i, i, n — to become concvg. Then it contracts again: con is a single cell, which is how 6 letters of abbreviation fit into 4 cells.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | conceiving | 10 cells |
| Abbreviated | concvg | 6 letters |
| Written | 4 cells |
Only an added s keeps it
No English word begins with “conceiving” except the word itself, so there is nothing for an ending rule to decide here. These 4 cells write the bare word, and with an s added they still stand: “conceivings” is c-o-n-c-v-g-s, because a shortform keeps its cells when s is added (Rules of Unified English Braille 10.9.5). “good” is the opposite case — it carries seven different endings.
Learn it with the -ceiving words
This is one of 4 shortforms built to the same shape — the -ceive shortform, then a g — and the set is far quicker learned together than one word at a time: deceiving (dcvg), perceiving (percvg), receiving (rcvg).
What these 4 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 2-5 | the letters cc between two letters; the prefix con- at the start of a word; the colon | |
| 1-4 | the letter c; the word “can” standing alone | |
| 1-2-3-6 | the letter v; the word “very” standing alone | |
| 1-2-4-5 | the letter g; the word “go” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “conceiving” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-five.
“conceiving” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: concvg in 4 cells, not 10 letters.
