im narvi hain echant

I, Narvi, made them

Element in

• S. Moria Gate Inscription

Elements

Word	Gloss
im	“I, I myself; reflexive, self(same)”
Narvi
san	“that”
echad-	“to form, make, shape, cut out; (lit.) to shape out, to form, make, shape, cut out, [N.] fashion; [S.] (lit.) to shape out”

Variations

• Im Narvi hain echant ✧ LotR/0305; PE17/040

im

pronoun. I

In late writings (see esp. VT/47:37-38), Tolkien reinterpreted this form as a reflexive pronoun (= "self").

nin

i

”me”, genitive nín ”my”, dative anim or enni ”to me, for me”.

im

i

but as subject usually simply the ending -n, as in ónen ”

ni

pronoun. I

Cognates

• Q. ni “me, I”

Derivations

• ✶ni “I, me”