Quenya 

lempëa

ordinal. fifth

Cognates

  • S. levnui “fifth” ✧ VT42/25
  • T. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/25; VT42/26
  • Van. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/26

Elements

WordGloss
lempë“five”
-ëa“ordinal suffix”

Variations

  • lempea ✧ VT42/25; VT42/26
Quenya [VT42/25; VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lemenya

fifth

lemenya archaic ordinal adj. "fifth", replaced by lempëa (VT42:25)

lemenya

ordinal. fifth

lepenya

ordinal. fifth

Changes

  • lemenya → lepenya ✧ VT42/26

Derivations

Derivatives

  • T. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/26
  • Van. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/26

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶lepenya > lepenya[lepenja]✧ VT42/26

Variations

  • lemenya ✧ VT42/25 (lemenya); VT42/25 (lemenya); VT42/26 (lemenya)
Quenya [VT42/25; VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

lefnui

ordinal. fifth

Sindarin [WR/436, VT/42:25, TI/312] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lefnui

place name. 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”.

Elements

WordGloss
levnui“fifth”

Variations

  • Levnui ✧ VT42/09; VT42/14
Sindarin [LotRI/Lefnui; TI/312; TII/Lefnui; UTI/Lefnui; VT42/09; VT42/14; WRI/Lhefneg] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lefnui

ordinal. fifth

levnui

ordinal. fifth

Cognates

Derivations

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
leben“five”
-ui“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able”

Variations

  • lefnui ✧ VT42/10
Sindarin [VT42/10; VT42/25; VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

lefnui

fifth

lefnui

lefnui

fifth

lefnui

lefnui

fifth

lemmui

ordinal. fifth

Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Telerin 

lepenya

ordinal. fifth

Cognates

  • Q. lempëa “fifth” ✧ VT42/25; VT42/26

Derivations

Telerin [VT42/25; VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Quendya 

lepenya

ordinal. fifth

Cognates

Derivations

Noldorin 

lhefneg

ordinal. fifth

Noldorin [WR/436, VT/42:25, TI/312] Group: SINDICT. Published by

lhefneg

place name. Fifth

Changes

  • Lhefneg → Lefnui “Fifth” ✧ TI/312
  • Lhefneg → Lefnui “Fifth” ✧ TII/Lefnui
  • Lhefned → Lhefneg ✧ WR/436
  • Lhefneg → Lefnui ✧ WRI/Lhefneg

Elements

WordGloss
lheben“five”
-eg“suffix for ordinal numbers”

Variations

  • Lhefned ✧ WR/437 (Lhefned)
Noldorin [TI/312; TII/Lefnui; TII/Lhefneg; WR/436; WR/437; WRI/Lhefneg] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Old sindarin

lepni(a)

ordinal. fifth

Derivations

Derivatives

  • S. levnui “fifth” ✧ VT42/26

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
✶lepenya > lepein(a) > lepni(a)[lepenja] > [lepenia] > [lepeni] > [lepein] > [lepnia]✧ VT42/26
Old sindarin [VT42/26] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

leminya

ordinal. fifth

Early Quenya [PE14/051; PE14/082] Group: Eldamo. Published by