neldëa ordinal "third" (VT42:25); also nelya. Cf. neldë.
Quenya
nelya
third
nelya
ordinal. third
Element in
- Q. Nelyafinwë “Finwë third”
- Q. Nelyar “Thirds (original clan name of the Teleri)”
nelya-
verb. to thicken, congeal
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶delta/delya > lelya [delja-] > [lelja-] ✧ PE17/017 ✶delta/delya > nelya [ndelja-] > [nelja-] ✧ PE17/017 Variations
lelya✧ PE17/017 (lelya)nelya✧ PE17/017 (nelya)
neldëa
third
neldëa
ordinal. third
Cognates
Elements
Word Gloss neldë “three, three; [ᴱQ.] four” -ëa “ordinal suffix” Variations
- neldea ✧ VT42/25
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
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
olë
cardinal. three
olë (2) cardinal "three" (LT1:258; in LotR-style Quenya Tolkien replaced this "Qenya" form with neldë)
nelya-
verb. to thicken, congeal
Derivations
- ᴺ✶. NDEL “thick, dense”
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).