Adûnaic

-at

suffix. dual suffix

The suffix for dual nouns in Adûnaic, with the a lengthened to â in subjective duals (SD/428-430). In later (Exilic?) Adûnaic, the â was long in all cases (SD/431). See the entry on dual nouns for further details. Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne suggested (AAD/11) that -at is derived from the same Primitive Elvish form ✶ata as the Quenya dual.

Cognates

  • Q. -t “dual ending”

Derivations

  • ata “numerative dual ending”

Variations

  • -āt ✧ SD/431
Adûnaic [SD/428; SD/429; SD/431] Group: Eldamo. Published by