neldëa ordinal "third" (VT42:25); also nelya. Cf. neldë.
Quenya
neldë
cardinal. three
neldë
cardinal. three, three; [ᴱQ.] four
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- Q. eleni neldë “*3 stars” ✧ VT49/45
- Q. elenion neldë “of 3 stars” ✧ VT49/45; VT49/45
- Q. neldëa “third”
- Q. nel(d)esta “one third”
- Q. Neldië “*Trinity”
- ᴺQ. nellumë “thrice, three times”
- ᴺQ. nelquain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequain “thirty”
- ᴺQ. nelequëan “thirty”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶nelede > nelde [nelede] > [nelde] ✧ VT47/10 √(e)nel-ed > nelde [nelede] > [nelde] ✧ VT47/11 Variations
- nel-de ✧ PE17/095
- nelde ✧ VT47/10; VT47/11; VT48/06; VT49/45
neldëa
third
neldëa
ordinal. third
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss neldë “three, three; [ᴱQ.] four” -ëa “ordinal suffix” Variations
- neldea ✧ VT42/25
nel
thrice
nel adv. "thrice", also nel- (prefix) "tri-" (PE14:84, NEL). Compare neldë.
Neldion
day of the three [younger gods]
Neldion noun *"Day of the three [younger gods]", sc. Ossë, Orome and Tulkas (LEP/LEPEN/LEPEK). Elsewhere neldion appears as as the genitive plural form of neldë "three" (VT49:54), but Tolkien emended the relevant text.
nelya
third
nelya adj. "third" (VT42:25; also neldëa). Pl. Nelyar "Thirds", the original name of the Teleri (or rather the direct Quenya descendant of the original Primitive Quendian name) (WJ:380).
nelya
ordinal. third
Element in
- Q. Nelyafinwë “Finwë third”
- Q. Nelyar “Thirds (original clan name of the Teleri)”
olë
cardinal. three
olë (2) cardinal "three" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya Tolkien replaced this "Qenya" form with neldë)
neldë cardinal "three" (SA:neldor, NÉL-ED, VT47:11, VT48:6). Eleni neldë "three stars", archaic elenion neldë = *"of stars three". Genitive "of 3 stars" = elenion neldë (for archaic elenion neldëo) (VT49:45; see 54 regarding neldion as the gen. pl.) Cf. also nelya, neldëa, Neldië.