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neldë

cardinal. three

neldë cardinal "three" (SA:neldor, NÉL-ED, VT47:11, VT48:6). Eleni neldë "three stars", archaic elenion neldë = *"of stars three". Genitive "of 3 stars" = elenion neldë (for archaic elenion neldëo) (VT49:45; see 54 regarding neldion as the gen. pl.) Cf. also nelya, neldëa, Neldië.

neldë

cardinal. three, three; [ᴱQ.] four

Cognates

  • S. neledh “three” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
  • T. nelet “three” ✧ VT48/06

Derivations

  • nelede “three” ✧ VT47/10
    • NEL “three, three; [ᴱ√] point, *(tri)angle” ✧ VT47/10
  • NELED “3” ✧ VT47/11

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
nelede > nelde[nelede] > [nelde]✧ VT47/10
(e)nel-ed > nelde[nelede] > [nelde]✧ VT47/11

Variations

  • nel-de ✧ PE17/095
  • nelde ✧ VT47/10; VT47/11; VT48/06; VT49/45
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neldëa

third

neldëa ordinal "third" (VT42:25); also nelya. Cf. neldë.

neldëa

ordinal. third

Cognates

  • S. nelui “third” ✧ VT42/25
  • T. nelya “third” ✧ VT42/25

Elements

WordGloss
neldë“three, three; [ᴱQ.] four”
-ëa“ordinal suffix”

Variations

  • neldea ✧ VT42/25

nel

thrice

nel adv. "thrice", also nel- (prefix) "tri-" (PE14:84, NEL). Compare neldë.

Neldion

day of the three [younger gods]

Neldion noun *"Day of the three [younger gods]", sc. Ossë, Orome and Tulkas (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK). Elsewhere neldion appears as as the genitive plural form of neldë "three" (VT49:54), but Tolkien emended the relevant text.

nelya

third

nelya adj. "third" (VT42:25; also neldëa). Pl. Nelyar "Thirds", the original name of the Teleri (or rather the direct Quenya descendant of the original Primitive Quendian name) (WJ:380).

nelya

ordinal. third

Element in

  • Q. Nelyafinwë “Finwë third”
  • Q. Nelyar “Thirds (original clan name of the Teleri)”

olë

cardinal. three

olë (2) cardinal "three" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya Tolkien replaced this "Qenya" form with neldë)