_2nd sg./pl. poss. suff. your.Maybe the familiar form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Later -gen_. >> -el, -gen
Sindarin
-eg
suffix. diminutive/singular ending
-eg
suffix. 2nd person singular familiar possessive suffix
-eg
suffix. your
-el
suffix. your
-gen
suffix. your
_2nd sg. poss. suff. your.Maybe the familiar form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Earlier -eg_. >> -eg
ar(an)eg
noun. kinglet
-i
suffix. adjectival suffix
-ig
suffix. diminutive/singular ending
-il
point
-lein
suffix. your
_2nd sg. poss. suff. your.Maybe the polite form of this suff. See also the paradigm of poss. suff. in PE17:46. Earlier -el_. >> -el
aeg
noun. point
The adjective oeg "sharp, pointed, piercing" from Ety/349 is perhaps rejected: Tolkien later decided that no cognate of Quenya aica "fell, terrible, dire" was used in Sindarin, "though aeg would have been its form if it had occurred" (PM/347). On the other hand, we have words such as aeglos and aeglir , so there must be a noun aeg "point"
hae
adjective. far, remote, distant
haeron
adjective. far, remote, distant
til
point
aeg
point
- aeg (peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing". 2) naith (spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form. 3) nass (sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais. 4)
aeg
point
(peak, thorn). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as adj. "sharp, pointed, piercing".
ar
outside
(adv. prefix) ar- (without)the literal meaning of a word translated SPY (q.v.)
ar
outside
(without)
ecthel
spear point
(pl. ecthil), literally "thorn point”
eg-
verb. to have a chance of; may
A neologism for “to have a chance of; may” coined by Luno posted on 2024-11-08 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), an impersonal verb based on √EK of similar meaning, as in êg i garathon den “[there] is a chance that I will do it = I might do it”.
eth
adverb/adjective. outside
gwachae
far away
(adj.) *gwachae (remote), lenited wachae, no distinct pl. form. The form occurring in the primary source, #gwahae, must represent the late Gondorian pronunciantion with h for ch (PM:186, isolated from gwahaedir).
haer
far
(adj.) *haer (remote, distant), lenited chaer; no distinct pl. form. (Tentative correction of ”haen” in VT45:20; compare Quenya haira_.) _Also hae (remote, distant, on the other side, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form.
haer
far
(remote, distant), lenited chaer; no distinct pl. form. *(Tentative correction of ”haen” in VT45:20; compare Quenya haira.) *Also hae (remote, distant, on the other side, further); lenited chae; no distinct pl. form.
ment
point
(at the end of a thing) ment (i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath.
ment
point
(i vent), pl. mint (i mint), coll. pl. mennath**. **
naith
point
(spearhead, gore, wedge, promontory); no distinct pl. form.
nass
point
(sharp end, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais.
nasta
point
(verb) nasta- (i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
nasta
point
(i nasta, in nastar) (prick, stick, thrust)
rafn
extended point at the side
(wing, horn), pl. raifn (idh raifn).
thela
spear point
(-thel), pl. ?thili, 3) aith; no distinct pl. form.
till
point
till (i dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
till
point
(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds) (spike, tine, sharp horn, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild. 5)
This is the usual Sindarin diminutive suffix, appearing as either -eg or -ig (VT42/30 note #42). The -ig form is derived from the early primitive diminutive ✶-iki (VT47/14 note #21). The -eg variant is derived from ✶-ikā (PE23/136) where the e is the result of a-affection. Based on the example N. {lhaweg >>} lhewig “ear” from The Etymologies of the 1930s (Ety/LAS²; EtyAC/LAS²), it seems the -ig variant would cause internal i-affection. The -ig variant seems to be favored after the vowels e, i while -eg is favored after other vowels.
The normal function of this suffix is to produce affectionate or diminutive word forms, such as affectionate honeg “little brother” and nethig “little sister”, or diminished Nogotheg “Dwarflet” and lebig “little finger”. However, -eg is sometimes used to produce singular forms from normally plural words, such as lotheg “single flower” from loth “inflorescence” (VT42/18) or gwanunig “single twin” from gwanūn “pair of twins” (WJ/367). See the entry on unusual plurals for more on singular suffixes.
Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Grammar of the 1910s had superlative diminutive G. {-inca >} -inci vs. regular diminitive G. -inthir (GL/16), while the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon had “dim[inutive] suffix” G. -chi or -chin(t) (GL/25). The suffixes -eg/-ig emerged in The Etymologies of the 1930s as noted above (Ety/LAS², PHILIK).