-lda
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-lda is a Quenya suffix that has five meanings.
-lda1[edit | edit source]
Used as a plural possessive suffix.[1][examples needed]
-lda2[edit | edit source]
Used as a plural possessive suffix. Tolkien hesitated on the origin of -lda, first considering it as "a comp[arative] suffix" but then noting "Or could it be an idiom to add pronoun to adjective = thou beautiful. -lda, thy, suffix of 2nd person singular."[2][examples needed]
-lda3[edit | edit source]
Used as a plural possessive suffix meaning your (polite).[3] (e.g. meletyalda "your majesty")[4]
-lda4[edit | edit source]
Used as a plural/dual possessive suffix. Probably an imperious or familiar form.[5][examples needed]
-lda5[edit | edit source]
Used as a comp[arative] suffix.[2][examples needed]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p.190
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p.55
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p.57
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, p.369
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings: Eldarin Roots and Stems", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p.135
