neldëa ordinal "third" (VT42:25); also nelya. Cf. neldë.
Quenya
neldë
cardinal. three
neldë
cardinal. three, three; [ᴱQ.] four
neldëa
third
neldëa
ordinal. third
neldesta
one third
neldesta fraction "one third" (1/3), also nelesta, nelsat, nelta. (VT48:11)
nel
thrice
nel adv. "thrice", also nel- (prefix) "tri-" (PE14:84, NEL). Compare neldë.
nelesta
one third
nelesta fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelsat, nelta. (VT48:11)
nelsat
one third
nelsat fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelesta, nelta (VT48:11)
nelta
one third
nelta fraction "one third" (1/3), also neldesta, nelesta, nelsat (VT48:11)
-o
of goodness
-o (1) genitive ending, as in Altariello, Oromëo, Elenna-nórëo, Rithil-Anamo, Rúmilo, Lestanórëo, neldëo, omentielvo, sindiëo, Valinórëo, veryanwesto, q.v. In words ending in -a, the genitive ending replaces this final vowel, hence atto, Ráno, Vardo, vorondo as the genitive forms of atta, Rána, Varda, voronda (q.v.) Following a noun in -ië, the ending can have the longer form -no, e.g. *máriéno "of goodness" (PE17:59, but contrast sindiëo "of greyness" in PE17:72). Where the word ends in -o already, the genitive is not distinct in form, e.g. ciryamo (q.v.) = "mariner" or "mariners". Pl. -ion and -ron, q.v.; dual -to (but possibly -uo in the case of nouns that have nominative dual forms in -u rather than -t). The Quenya genitive describes source, origin or former ownership rather than current ownership (which is rather covered by the possessive-adjectival case in -va). The ending -o may also take on an ablativic sense, "from", as in Oiolossëo "from (Mount) Oiolossë" (Nam), sio "hence" (VT49:18). In some of Tolkiens earlier material, the genitive ending was -n rather than -o, cf. such a revision as Yénië Valinóren "Annals of Valinor" becoming Yénië Valinórëo (MR:200).
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).
olë
cardinal. three
olë (2) cardinal "three" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya Tolkien replaced this "Qenya" form with neldë)
nel(d)esta
fraction. one third
nelsat
fraction. one third
nelta
fraction. one third
nelya
ordinal. third
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.