Neldië

trinity

Neldië noun "Trinity" (VT44:17)

neldië

proper name. *Trinity

A Quenya name for the Holy Trinity in Tolkien’s Quenya translation of the Litany of Loreto prayer (VT44/12). It is a combination of neldë “three” and the abstract-noun suffix -ië.

Element in

• Q. a Aina Neldië Eru Er órava (o)messë “Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us” ✧ VT44/17

Elements

Word	Gloss
neldë	“three, three; [ᴱQ.] four”
-ië	“abstract noun, adverb”

Variations

• Neldie ✧ VT44/17

neldë

cardinal. three

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.

neldë

cardinal. three, three; [ᴱQ.] four

Cognates

• S. neledh “three” ✧ PE17/095; VT48/06
• T. nelet “three” ✧ VT48/06

Derivations

• ✶nelede “three” ✧ VT47/10
  • √NEL “three, three; [ᴱ√] point, *(tri)angle” ✧ VT47/10
• √NELED “3” ✧ VT47/11

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

olë

cardinal. three

olë (2) cardinal "three" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya Tolkien replaced this "Qenya" form with neldë)