-en Reconstructed

suffix. adjectival suffix

An adjectival suffix appearing as both -en and -in, and in one place as -on: Brithon. The -en form can be easily explained as a derivative of the primitive suffix ᴹ✶-ina, with the [[ilk|primitive [i] becoming [e] due to Ilkorin a-affection]], the same origin as the Noldorin adjectival suffix -en. The -in variant is more difficult to explain. At least one example lómen had variations with both -en and -in, so perhaps the two forms represented vacillation on the function of Ilkorin a-affection, or an alternate primitive form ᴹ✶-ină where the final ă was lost before a-affection.

Alternately, -in could be a Doriathrin-specific variant, since the forms where it appears are all Doriathrin, while the forms where -en appear are marked Ilkorin, excepting only lómen which was itself revised from lómin.

Cognates

• N. -en “adjective suffix”

Derivations

• ᴹ✶-ina “adjective”

Element in

• Ilk. losgen “empty”
• Ilk. muilin “secret, veiled”
• Ilk. ngorthin “horrible”
• Ilk. brithon “pebbly”
• Ilk. Ermabuin “One-handed”
• Ilk. lómen “echoing” ✧ Ety/LAM
• Ilk. thúren “guarded, hidden”