Hello,
I'm working on a project of converting real-life personal names into Quenya, by creating a Quenya name with the same meaning as the personal name. A lot of the names I'm working with have a meaning that is just an adjective, such as "beautiful". My understanding, though, is that just an adjective is not an acceptable name in Quenya, and I would need to do one of (at least) two things.
1) I can add a noun of some sort to the meaning, like "person" or "woman". So Alba, meaning "white, bright" can't just be named Fana, but she could be something like Fanaheri "white lady."
2) I can turn the adjective into an abstract noun, as with Ancalime and Vanimelde. This works nicely with three-syllable adjectives, but is less satisfying with tw0-syllable adjectives. Also, I've only seen this used with feminine names, so while I could convert Alba to Quenya this way, I'm not sure how to convert Albus.
Does anyone have any other rules of thumb I could use?
(Also, if someone could tell me how to insert letters with diacritical marks here, I would be grateful.)
Thank you!