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'''''nai''''' is a [[Quenya]] word It means, roughly, ''be it that''.
'''''nai''''' is a [[Quenya]] word. It can mean perhaps, "may", "maybe", "be it that".<ref name=Eldarin>{{PE|Eldarin}}, p. 75</ref>
 
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
Verb ''[[na]]'' and article ''[[i]]''.
Verb ''[[na]]'' and article ''[[i]]''.
==Example==
*'''''nai''' elyë hiruva'' = "maybe even thou shalt find it"<ref>{{RGEO|Namarie}}, line 17</ref>
* '''''nai''' Eru tye mánata'' = "God bless you"<ref name=Eldarin></ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*''[[cenai]]''
*''[[aen]]''
*''[[aen]]''
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Latest revision as of 14:35, 11 September 2019

nai is a Quenya word. It can mean perhaps, "may", "maybe", "be it that".[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Verb na and article i.

Example[edit | edit source]

  • nai elyë hiruva = "maybe even thou shalt find it"[2]
  • nai Eru tye mánata = "God bless you"[1]

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 75
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Donald Swann, The Road Goes Ever On, "Namárië (Farewell)", line 17