Quenya 

mastima

adjective. edible

Quenya [PE 22:137] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

mastima

adjective. edible

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
matˢtimā > mastima[mattimā] > [mastimā] > [mastima]✧ PE22/137

mattima

verb. edible

Quenya [PE 22:111] Group: Mellonath Daeron. Published by

mátima

edible

mátima adj. "edible" (PE17:68), cf. mat-.

mátima

adjective. edible

An adjective “edible” = “able to be eaten”, a combination of Q. mat- “eat” with the suffix -ima “able” which induces lengthening of the base vowel: á (PE17/68; PE22/155).

Conceptual Development: The suffix -ima “able” dates all the way back to the Early Qenya of the 1910s, but the way it interacted with the verb evolved over time. In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s the form was ᴱQ. matsima (QL/59) with the usual Early Qenya sound change of ti to tsi (PE12/23). In the Quenya Verbal System of 1948 it was ᴹQ. mattima with consonant-doubling instead of vowel lengthening (PE22/111). In Common Eldarin: Verb Structure of the early 1950s it was Q. mastima with a variant suffix -tima and the usual sound change whereby t+t became st (PE22/137). The form mátima appeared in various notes from the 1960s (PE17/68; PE22/155).

Elements

WordGloss
mat-“to eat”
-ima“-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible”

Variations

  • mātima ✧ PE17/068
Quenya [PE17/068; PE22/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Sindarin 

madui

adjective. edible

Elements

WordGloss
mad-“to eat”
-ui“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able”
Sindarin Group: Eldamo - neologism/reconstructions. Published by

Primitive elvish

matˢtimā

adjective. edible

Derivatives

  • Q. mastima “edible” ✧ PE22/137

Elements

WordGloss
mat-“to eat”
-imā“possibility”
Primitive elvish [PE22/137] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

mattima

adjective. edible

Elements

WordGloss
mat-“to eat”
-ima“able to be done, -able, -ible”

Gnomish

madrin

adjective. edible, fit for food, wholesome

Cognates

Variations

  • madriol ✧ GL/56

madriol

adjective. edible, fit for food, wholesome

Early Noldorin

madren

adjective. edible

An adjective appearing as ᴱN. madren “edible” in Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s based on the verb ᴱN. mad- “eat” (PE13/163, 165). It seems this was a pure adjective, as opposed to indeclinable ᴱN. medid “edible” which was based on the inflected verb form medi- (PE13/163, 165). In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the adjective was instead G. madrin “edible, fit for food, wholesome” with variant form madriol (GL/56).

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin I would update this to ᴺS. madui “edible” using the later adjective suffix -ui, as in únodui “uncountable” (PE17/144).

Early Noldorin [PE13/163; PE13/165] Group: Eldamo. Published by

medid

adjective. edible

Early Noldorin [PE13/163; PE13/165] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

matsima

adjective. edible

Cognates

  • G. madrin “edible, fit for food, wholesome”
Early Quenya [QL/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by