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'''''formen''''' is a noun meaning "north" in [[Quenya]]. | __NOTOC__ | ||
'''''formen''''' is a noun meaning "north" in [[Quenya]].<ref name="Names">{{App|Letters}}, Note, ''The names of the letters''</ref> | |||
[[Image:Formen.gif]]''Formen'' is also the name of the tenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet. | [[Image:Formen.gif|left]]''Formen'' is also the name in Quenya of the tenth letter of the [[Tengwar]] alphabet.<ref name="Names"/> It is the second letter of the third grade or [[Tyellë]], which contains "voiceless spirants" and it is the third letter in the labial or ''p''-series of consonants, the ''[[Parmatéma]]''. In all modes ''Formen'' represents '''F'''.<ref>{{App|Letters}}</ref> It was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "north" even in languages that used a very different term.<ref name="Names"/> The Westron name for this letter is '''''Fí'''''.<ref>See [[Westron Tengwar]]</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | |||
In the West-lands of [[Middle-earth]] the four cardinal directions were ''[[Númen]], [[Hyarmen]], [[Rómen]],'' and ''Formen'', and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. ''Hyarmen'' meant a left-hand region and ''Formen'' meant a right-hand region.<ref name="Names"/> Thus the word for "north" derives from the [[Primitive Quendian]] [[Sundocarme|root]] [[PHOR]], meaning "right hand", plus [[MEN]] indicating direction.<ref>{{LR|Etymologies}}, PHOR-</ref> | |||
==Examples== | |||
* [[Formenos]] = "Northern Fortress" | * [[Formenos]] = "Northern Fortress" | ||
==See Also == | |||
* [http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/qlist.htm Quenya Corpus Wordlist] edited by [[Helge Fauskanger]] | |||
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[[Category:Quenya nouns]] | [[Category:Quenya nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Quenya adjectives]] | [[Category:Quenya adjectives]] | ||
Revision as of 20:47, 8 November 2012
formen is a noun meaning "north" in Quenya.[1]
Formen is also the name in Quenya of the tenth letter of the Tengwar alphabet.[1] It is the second letter of the third grade or Tyellë, which contains "voiceless spirants" and it is the third letter in the labial or p-series of consonants, the Parmatéma. In all modes Formen represents F.[2] It was one of the most widely known and used of all the Tengwar since it indicated "north" even in languages that used a very different term.[1] The Westron name for this letter is Fí.[3]
Etymology
In the West-lands of Middle-earth the four cardinal directions were Númen, Hyarmen, Rómen, and Formen, and they were named in this order, beginning with (and facing) west. Hyarmen meant a left-hand region and Formen meant a right-hand region.[1] Thus the word for "north" derives from the Primitive Quendian root PHOR, meaning "right hand", plus MEN indicating direction.[4]
Examples
- Formenos = "Northern Fortress"
See Also
- Quenya Corpus Wordlist edited by Helge Fauskanger
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters", Note, The names of the letters
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix E, "Writing", "The Fëanorian Letters"
- ↑ See Westron Tengwar
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", PHOR-
