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lintië

swiftness, speed

lintië noun "swiftness, speed" derived from linta; also used as adverb "quickly", nornë lintië "he ran with swiftness", also more explicitly with pronominal suffixes and the instrumental ending -nen: lintieryanen "with his speed" (PE17:58)

lintië

noun/adverb. swiftness, speed; swiftly, *quickly

Element in

  • Q. nornë lintië “he ran quickly” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
  • Q. nornë lintieryanen “he ran as swiftly as he could, (lit.) he ran with his speed” ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059

Elements

WordGloss
linta“swift”
-ië“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

  • lintie ✧ PE17/058; PE17/059
Quenya [PE17/058; PE17/059] Group: Eldamo. Published by

linta

swift

linta adj. "swift"; pl. lintë attested (PE17:63. Nam, RGEO:66) Cf. lintië.

linta

adjective. swift

Cognates

  • S. lim “quick, swift” ✧ PE17/147

Derivations

  • ᴹ√(S)LIT “swiftly[?] speed[?]”

Element in

Quenya [LotR/0377; PE17/059; PE17/063; PE17/076; PE17/147; RGEO/58] Group: Eldamo. Published by

rindë

adjective. swift

Derivations

Element in

tyelca

swift, agile

tyelca ("k")adj. "swift, agile" (KYELEK), "hasty" (PM:353)

-nen

most nouns have an instrumental in -nen

-nen instrumental ending (pl. -inen, dual -nten, partitive pl. -línen). Attested in ambartanen, lírinen, lintieryanen, súrinen, parmanen; see ambar (#2), lírë, lintië, súrë, parma. Tolkien noted that "most nouns have an instrumental in -nen" (PE17:62), a wording suggesting that the form of the ending may vary; given the normal development ln > ld, it is possible that it would appear as *-den when added to a noun in -l (*macilden "with a sword").

alarca

swift, rapid

alarca ("k")adj. "swift, rapid" (LAK2)

larca

swift, rapid

larca ("k")adj. "swift, rapid" (LAK2)

arauca

swift, rushing

arauca ("k")adj. "swift, rushing" (LT2:347). Compare arauco.