_ n. _S. form taken by borrowed Q. word miruvóre (< MIR esteem, value). >> mîr
Sindarin
gal-
S
miruvor
S
Telerin
-s
suffix. definite article
Derivations
- ✶-t “definite article” ✧ PE21/78
Variations
- s ✧ PE21/78
Primitive elvish
-s
suffix. inceptive (verbal suffix)
Element in
- ✶kalas- “begin to shine, get light” ✧ PE22/135
- ✶ninkwisya- “to (begin to) grow pale” ✧ PE22/135
- ✶taltas- “begin to slip down” ✧ PE22/135
- ✶tankas- “become firm, settle down” ✧ PE22/135
Variations
- s ✧ PE22/135
-t
suffix. definite article
Derivatives
- T. -s “definite article” ✧ PE21/78
Element in
Variations
- -t ✧ PE21/78
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Middle Primitive Elvish
s
root. demonstrative stem
An element described as a “demonstrative stem” in The Etymologies of the 1930s serving as the basis for gendered primitive and Noldorin pronouns like ᴹ✶sī̆/sē̆/N. he “she”, ᴹ✶sū̆/sō̆/N. ho “he”, and N. ha “it” (Ety/S). It was a later iteration of the demonstrative root ᴱ√SA from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s (QL/81), and primitive ✶sa appeared in Tolkien’s later writings as a neuter pronoun (VT49/51-52), also sometimes used as a demonstrative (PE22/119). Genders based on sex were a feature of the Early Noldorin Grammar of the 1920s (PE13/131), but in Tolkien’s later writings the Elvish grammatical genders were animate ✶se (= both “he” and “she”) vs. inanimate ✶sa “it” (VT49/37).
Derivatives
S. ŋ > ʒ > g. ŊAL [ŊGAL] shine clear << ŊAL, ŊGAL shine (golden).