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-ssë is a Quenya suffix that has two meanings.
-ssë1
Meaning (singular) in, on or at and can also be written as -essë[1]
- Plural: -ssen or -issen for consonant endings.[2]
- Partitive Plural: -lissen or -ilissen for consonant endings.
- Dual: -tsë
-ssë2
To denote abstract or locality
Examples
- Vala = "angelic power, god" (valassë = "divinity"|BAL)[3]
- laiqua = "green" (laiquassë = "greenness")[4]
- hande = "intelligent" (handessë = "intelligence"|KHAN)[5]
- hópa = "harbour" (hopassë = "harbourage"|KHOP) [6]
- findë = "hair" (findessë = "head of hair")[7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 62
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 135
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 350
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Book of Lost Tales Part One, Appendix: Names in the Lost Tales – Part I, p. 267
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 363
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, Part Three: "The Etymologies", p. 364
- ↑ Paul Strack, "Q. findessë", Eldamo - An Elvish Lexicon, accessed 17 May 2025