Quenya
i fairi nécë
the pale phantoms
Changes
- i néka fairi → i fairi néke “the pale phantoms” ✧ MC/221
Element in
- Q. Markirya “The Last Ark”
Elements
Word Gloss i “the” fairë “spirit (disembodied), phantom; †radiance” néca “pale, vague, faint, dim to see” Variations
- i fairi néke ✧ MC/221
- i néka fairi ✧ MC/222
The third line of the Markirya poem (MC/221). The first word is i “the”, followed by the plural of fairë “phantom” and the plural form of the adjective néca “pale” in agreement with the noun.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> i fair-i néc-ë = “✱the phantom-(plural) pale-(plural)”
Conceptual Development: In the first draft, the adjective/noun order was reversed: néka fairi, and the adjective was not in the plural (MC/222).