-î-

suffix. plural inflection

The inflection used to mark nouns as plural (S/429), used either as a suffix (for weak-nouns) or replacing the last vowel (for strong-nouns). According to Tolkien, the primitive form of this suffix was most likely ✶-yī (SD/424). See the entry on the plural nouns case for further details.

Derivations

• ✶Ad. -yī “plural inflection” ✧ SD/424; SD/429

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶Ad. -yī > -ī	[-jī] > [-ī]	✧ SD/429

Variations

• Ī ✧ SD/424
• -ī ✧ SD/429