An apparent primitive form of the Classical Adûnaic agental suffix -ân, attested in the Primitive Adûnaic word saphdān = SAPHAD + -ān (SD/421).
Noldorin
-(r)on
suffix. agental suffix
-on
suffix. agental suffix
-or
suffix. agental suffix
Sindarin
-(r)on
suffix. agental suffix
-or
suffix. agental suffix
Quenya
-r(o)
suffix. agental suffix
-mo
suffix. agental suffix
Adûnaic
-ân Reconstructed
suffix. agental suffix
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Gnomish
-(r)on
suffix. agental suffix
-ir
suffix. agental suffix
-og
suffix. agental suffix
-or
suffix. agental suffix
Middle Primitive Elvish
-ndō
suffix. agental suffix
Early Quenya
-mo
suffix. agental suffix
Qenya
-mo
suffix. agental suffix
-ro
suffix. agental suffix
Old Noldorin
-ro
suffix. agental suffix
Primitive adûnaic
-ān Reconstructed
suffix. agental suffix
A suffix that is used in some examples for agental-formation: creating nouns from verbs that indicate the agent who performs the verb’s action. The clearest example is sapthân “wise man” derived (after some ancient sound modifications) from saphad- “to understand”. This formation means “✱one who understands”. Less clear examples are ✱magân “wright, ✱builder”, perhaps from a verb ✱mag- “to build”, and kathuphazgân “conquerer”, perhaps a combined of katha “all” and a verb ?phazag- “to take”, meaning “✱one who takes all”.
It is not clear how this suffix related to the similar participle suffix -ân used for form adjectives from verbs. See the entry on participle for further discussion. Andreas Moehn suggested (EotAL/TAN) that -ân as an agental formation may be related to anâ “human being”.