se (1) pron. "he, she, it" also object "him, her, it", 3rd person sg. Used "of living things including plants" (VT49:37; the corresponding inaimate pronoun is sa). The pronoun comes directly from se as the original stem-form (VT49:50). Stressed form sé, VT49:51, attested in object position in melin sé "I love him" (VT49:21). Ósë "with him/her", VT43:29; see ó-. Long dative/allative sena "[to/for] him" or "at him", VT49:14, allative senna "to him/her" (VT49:45, 46). Compare the reflexive pronoun insë *"himself, herself".
Quenya
-s(së)
suffix. he, she, it; him, her, it
Derivations
- ✶se “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun” ✧ VT49/50
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶se/te > -s [-se] > [-s] ✧ VT49/50 Variations
- -s ✧ PE17/075; PE17/075; PE17/110; PE17/190; VT49/16; VT49/48; VT49/51
- -re ✧ PE17/075
- se ✧ PE22/161
- -sse ✧ VT49/28
- -se ✧ VT49/51
essë
he
se
he, she, it
-ro
he
-ro pronominal ending "he", in antaváro, q.v. In Tolkiens later Quenya, the ending -s covers both "he", "she" and "it".
essë (2) pron? "he" (and also "she, it"?), possible emphatic 3rd sg. emphatic pronoun, attested in the sentence essë úpa nas "he is dumb" (PE17:126)