lye pron. "thou/thee, you", 2nd person sg. formal/polite (corresponding to familiar/intimate tye, q.v.) (VT49:36) It seems the original stem-form was le (VT49:50), distinct from de as a plural "you", but when initial d became l and the forms threatened to fall together, le was apparently altered to lye by analogy with the ending -lyë and the emphatic pronoun elyë. Stressed lyé (VT49:51). For lye as object, cf. nai Eru lye mánata "God bless you" (VT49:39). Allative lyenna "to you, upon you" (VT49:40-41). Compare the reflexive pronoun imlë "yourself, thyself", q.v. (it did not have to be *imlyë, for the corresponding pl. pronoun indë "yourselves" is distinct anyhow).
Quenya
indë
yourselves
indë
pronoun. yourselves
Derivations
- ✶imde “yourselves” ✧ VT47/37
Elements
Word Gloss im- “same” de “you (pl.)” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶imde > inde [imde] > [inde] ✧ VT47/37 Variations
- inde ✧ VT47/37
lye
thou/thee, you
indë "yourselves", 2nd person pl.. reflexive pronoun, e.g. *tirildë indë, "you watch yourselves". Indë is derived from earlier imde(VT47:37)