lefnui
Sindarin
levnui
ordinal. fifth
Cognates
- Q. lempëa “fifth” ✧ VT42/25
Derivations
Element in
- S. Lefnui “Fifth”
Elements
Word Gloss leben “five” -ui “-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able” Variations
- lefnui ✧ VT42/10
lefnui
ordinal. fifth
lefnui
place name. Fifth
Elements
Word Gloss levnui “fifth” Variations
- Levnui ✧ VT42/09; VT42/14
lefnui
ordinal. fifth
lefnui
fifth
lefnui
fifth
lefnui
lefnui
fifth
lemmui
ordinal. fifth
A river in Gondor, the fifth in the region of Lebennin (LotR/750), and so translated “Fifth” (VT42/14). It is simply lefnui “fifth” uses as a name and was thus pronounced [levnui], but Tolkien preferred the spelling Lefnui because “v” rarely appears before consonants in English (VT42/14).
Conceptual Development: When first mentioned in maps for the Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s, this name was first given as N. Lhefned >> Lhefneg (WR/437, TI/312), apparently earlier Noldorin words for “fifth”.