-ssë

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-ssë is a Quenya suffix that has two meanings.

-ssë¹

Meaning (singular) in or on and can also be written as -essë

Plural: -ssen or -issen for consonant endings.

Partitive Plural: -lissen or -ilissen for consonant endings.

Dual: -tsë

-ssë²

To denote abstract or locality

Examples

• Vala = "angelic power, god" (valassë = "divinity"|BAL)
• laiqua = "green" (laiquassë = "greenness")
• hande = "intelligent" (handessë = "intelligence"|KHAN)
• hópa = "harbour" (hopassë = "harbourage"|KHOP)
• findë = "hair" (findessë = "head of hair")