-eg

suffix. diminutive/singular ending

This is the usual Sindarin diminutive suffix, appearing as either -eg or -ig (VT42/30 note #42). The -ig form is derived from the early primitive diminutive ✶-iki (VT47/14 note #21). The -eg variant is derived from ✶-ikā (PE23/136) where the *e* is the result of *a*-affection. Based on the example N. {lhaweg >>} lhewig “ear” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LAS²; EtyAC/LAS²), it seems the -ig variant would cause internal *i*-affection. The -ig variant seems to be favored after the vowels e, i while -eg is favored after other vowels.

The normal function of this suffix is to produce affectionate or diminutive word forms, such as affectionate honeg “little brother” and nethig “little sister”, or diminished Nogotheg “Dwarflet” and lebig “little finger”. However, -eg is sometimes used to produce singular forms from normally plural words, such as lotheg “single flower” from loth “inflorescence” (VT42/18) or gwanunig “single twin” from gwanūn “pair of twins” (WJ/367). See the entry on unusual plurals for more on singular suffixes.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Grammar of the 1910s had superlative diminutive G. {-inca >} -inci vs. regular diminitive G. -inthir (GL/16), while the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had “dim[inutive] suffix” G. -chi or -chin(t) (GL/25). The suffixes -eg/-ig emerged in The Etymologies of the 1930s as noted above (Ety/LAS², PHILIK).

-eg

suffix. 2nd person singular familiar possessive suffix

-eg

suffix. your

_2nd sg./pl. poss. suff. your.Maybe the familiar form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Later -gen_. >> -el, -gen

-el

suffix. your

_2nd sg./pl. poss. suff. _your. Maybe the polite form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Later -lein. >> -eg, -lein

-gen

suffix. your

_2nd sg. poss. suff. your.Maybe the familiar form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Earlier -eg_. >> -eg

ar(an)eg

noun. kinglet

-i

suffix. adjectival suffix

-ig

suffix. diminutive/singular ending

-il

point

suff. point, ending. >> niphredil, til

-lein

suffix. your

_2nd sg. poss. suff. your.Maybe the polite form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Earlier -el_. >> -el

aeg

noun. point

The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"

hae

adjective. far, remote, distant

haeron

adjective. far, remote, distant

til

point

n. point, ending. >> -il, niphredil

aeg

point

1. aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)

aeg

point

(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".

ecthel

spear point

(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”

eg-

verb. to have a chance of; may

A neologism for “to have a chance of; may” coined by Luno posted on 2024-11-08 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an impersonal verb based on √EK of similar meaning, as in êg i garathon den “[there] is a chance that I will do it = I might do it”.

haer

far

(adj.) *haer (remote, distant), lenited chaer; no distinct pl. form. (Tentative correction of ”haen” in VT45:20; compare Quenya haira_.) _Also hae (remote, distant, on the other side, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form.

haer

far

(remote, distant), lenited chaer; no distinct pl. form. *(Tentative correction of ”haen” in VT45:20; compare Quenya haira.) *Also hae (remote, distant, on the other side, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form.

ment

point

(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.

ment

point

(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **

naith

point

(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.

nass

point

(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.

nasta

point

(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

nasta

point

(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)

rafn

extended point at the side

(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).

thela

spear point

(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.

till

point

till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

till

point

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)

-eg

suffix. diminutive/singular ending

-eg

suffix. suffix for ordinal numbers

-(i)on

suffix. adjectival suffix

ecthel

noun. point (of spear)

egnas

noun. sharp point

egnas

noun. peak

egnor

masculine name. Egnor

egthel

noun. point (of spear)

hae

adjective. far, remote, distant

ment

noun. point

ment

noun. point

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “point” under the root ᴹ√MET “end” (Ety/MET).

nass

noun. point, (sharp) end

nass

noun. angle or corner

thela

noun. point (of spear)

êphal

adjective. far

An adjective (or adverb?) translated as “far” (SD/247, SD/312).

-ni

suffix. adjectival suffix

Seen in lugni < LUG, luini < LUY and ninkwi < NIKW (with subsequent metathesis). Possibly a (rare) variant of -nā and/or -i.

-ya

suffix. adjectival suffix

khā

adverb. far

-a

suffix. adjectival suffix

This suffix is frequently used to create the adjective form of a noun, especially in the form -ëa for nouns ending in -ë. This function dates back to CE. ✶-ā.

-cca

your

[-cca ("k") ?"your", apparently an abandoned 2nd person plural or dual possessive (VT49:49). Compare -lca.]

-lca

your

[-lca ("k") ?"your", apparently an abandoned 2nd person plural possessive (VT49:49). Cf. -cca.]

-lda

your

-lda (1) "your", 2nd person pl. possessive suffix (VT49:16). Onnalda *"your child" (VT49:42). In an earlier manuscript, this ending was used for singular "you" instead, attested in the phrase Arwen vanimalda "Arwen your beauty", sc. "O beautiful Arwen", and in meletyalda "your majesty" (WJ:369) Arwen vanimalda was however changed to Arwen vanimelda in the second edition of LotR, Tolkien reinterpreting the last word (see vanimalda). The ending for singular "your" appears as -lya elsewhere. (LotR1:II ch. 6)

-sta

your

-sta (1) "your", dual 2nd person possessive pronominal ending: "of you two" (VT49:45, 16), cf. -stë (q.v.) Genitive -sto in veryanwesto "of your wedding" (VT49:45) and tengwiesto "of your reading" (VT49:47), allative -stanna in parmastanna "on your book" (VT49:47). An archaic ending of similar form could also be the third person dual "of the two of them" (but according to VT49:51, the corresponding subject ending was changed to -ttë, and then the ending for "their" would presumably become -tta)

-tya,

your, thy

-tya, pronominal ending, 2nd person sg. intimate/familiar "your, thy" (VT49:16, 38, 48); compare -tyë

cendë

point

cendë noun "point" (PE16:96)

cendë

noun. point

A word for “point” in the glossary for the 1950s version of the Nieninquë poem, an element in pirucendëa “on the point of her toes” (PE16/96).

Conceptual Development: The word pirucendëa is a reinterpretation of the word ᴱQ. pirukendea “tripping lightly, whirling lightly” = “pirouetting” from the version of Nieninqe from around 1930 (MC/215; QL/74). The derivation of 1950s cende “point” isn’t clear since in Tolkien’s later writings the root √KEN means “see”, but it might be a later iteration of the word ᴱQ. kent “a sharp point” from Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√KENYE “prick” (QL/46).

haiya

far

haiya adj. "far" (SD:247). Also háya.

mentë

point, end

mentë noun "point, end" (MET)

tilma

noun. point

snǣs

noun. spear-head, point, gore, triangle

Original form not entirely clear; the stem is SNAS/SNAT (LR:387), not defined but evidently to be understood as a strengthened form of NAS "point, sharp end" (LR:374). A primitive plural form natsai is mentioned under SNAS/SNAT; snǣs may derive from something like snatsâ via snats, *snas. The shift of original a to long ǣ (presumably the same vowel as in English cat, but longer) is found in this word only, but there are several examples of e from a, see spenna, scella. Perhaps a became ǣ in stressed monosyllables where there was no following consonant cluster (as in nand).