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Early Quenya

ailinissen alkarain

*upon the shining shore

The seventeenth and final phrase (line 28) of the intermediate version of the Oilima Markirya poem (PE16/77). The first word is the locative plural of ailin “shore” followed by the plural of alkara “shining”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> ailin-i-ssen alkara-in = “✱shore-(plural)-on shining-(plural)”

Conceptual Development: The second word “shining” was initially written as the locative plural alkaraisen (PE16/80).

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Variations

  • ailinissen {alkaraisen >>} alkarain ✧ PE16/077
Early Quenya [PE16/077] Group: Eldamo. Published by