Adûnaic

-î-

suffix. plural inflection

The inflection used to mark nouns as plural (S/429), used either as a suffix (for weak-nouns) or replacing the last vowel (for strong-nouns). According to Tolkien, the primitive form of this suffix was most likely ✶-yī (SD/424). See the entry on the plural nouns case for further details.

Derivations

  • ✶Ad. -yī “plural inflection” ✧ SD/424; SD/429

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶Ad. -yī > [-jī] > [-ī]✧ SD/429

Variations

  • Ī ✧ SD/424
  • ✧ SD/429
Adûnaic [SD/424; SD/429] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Primitive adûnaic

-yī

noun. plural inflection

The likely primitive form of the Classical Adûnaic plural inflection -î- (SD/429), appearing in a few examples of primitive plurals in the form -yi: manaw+yi, izray+yi (SD/424). Tolkien gave no indication of whether the primitive inflection was also used as an infix, as was the case for Classical Adûnaic plurals of strong-nouns.

Derivatives

  • Ad. -î- “plural inflection” ✧ SD/424; SD/429

Variations

  • ✧ SD/424
Primitive adûnaic [SD/424; SD/429] Group: Eldamo. Published by