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{{ | '''''a''''' is used in [[Quenya]] as an interjection "O, Oh". | ||
===Examples=== | |||
*''a Túrin Turambar turún’ ambartanen'' = (O master of doom by doom mastered)<ref>{{S|Turin}}</ref> | |||
==Sindarin== | ==Sindarin== | ||
'''''a''''' is [[Sindarin]] for "and"<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, (entry ''ar-'')</ref><ref name=L230/> as well as "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/o#Interjection O!]"<ref name=L230>{{L|230}}</ref>. | '''''a''''' is [[Sindarin]] for "and"<ref>{{S|Appendix}}, (entry ''ar-'')</ref><ref name=L230/> as well as "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/o#Interjection O!]"<ref name=L230>{{L|230}}</ref>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:30, 23 April 2024
Quenya[edit | edit source]
a is used in Quenya as an interjection "O, Oh".
Examples[edit | edit source]
- a Túrin Turambar turún’ ambartanen = (O master of doom by doom mastered)[1]
Sindarin[edit | edit source]
a is Sindarin for "and"[2][3] as well as "O!"[3].
Cognates[edit | edit source]
Gnomish[edit | edit source]
a is a Gnomish prefix, used to (1) cause an "initial consonant change; (2) form several adjectives and nouns.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarin Names", (entry ar-)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 230, (dated 8 June 1961)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue", in Parma Eldalamberon XI (edited by Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick H. Wynne), p. 17
