I-affection: Difference between revisions
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*''[[gonod]]'' "count" + ''-ia'' > ''[[genedia-|g''e''n''e''d'''i'''a]]'' "to reckon" | *''[[gonod]]'' "count" + ''-ia'' > ''[[genedia-|g''e''n''e''d'''i'''a]]'' "to reckon" | ||
*''[[aglar]]'' "glory" + ''-ia'' > ''[[egleria-|''e''gl''e''r'''i'''a]]'' "to praise" | *''[[aglar]]'' "glory" + ''-ia'' > ''[[egleria-|''e''gl''e''r'''i'''a]]'' "to praise" | ||
* | *''[[said]]'' "private" + ''-ia'' > ''[[seidia-|s''ei''d'''i'''a-]] "to set aside"<ref>{{VT|42}} p.20</ref> | ||
==Plural== | ==Plural== | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 11 December 2010
I-affection or Umlaut is a phonological phenomenon which is an integral part of the Sindarin language.
The phenomenon refers to the vowels of a word to be 'slid' to another vowel, usually e, drawn because of a following i (usually near the end of the word). This started to occur after the stage called "Old Sindarin".
Umlaut has a grammatical significance in Sindarin since it is how plural of nouns is formed.
Examples
The following verbs show how the vowels of the word-stems slid into e because of the affection of i.
- gonod "count" + -ia > genedia "to reckon"
- aglar "glory" + -ia > egleria "to praise"
- said "private" + -ia > seidia- "to set aside"[1]
Plural
- See also: Sindarin#Pluralization
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- ↑ Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001 p.20
