Quenya I-stems
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Nouns in -ë with plural on -er
This group only contains four nouns: mallë "street", rotsë "pipe", tyávë "taste", tyellë "grade". All nouns have t-duals, no u-duals are possible.
They are declined as follows (we use mallë "street"):
| singular | plural | dual | part. plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mallë | maller | mallet | malleli |
| genitive | mallëo | malleron | malleto | mallelion |
| possessive | malleva | mallíva | malletwa | mallelíva |
| dative | mallen | mallín | mallent | mallelin |
| ablative | mallello | mallellon(r) | mallelto | mallelillo(n)(r) |
| allative | mallenna | mallennar | mallenta | mallelinna(r) |
| locative | mallessë | mallessen | malletsë | mallelisse(n) |
| instrumental | mallenen | mallínen | mallenten | mallelínen |
| respective | malles | mallís | malletes | mallelis |
Nouns in -ë without I-stem
These normal nouns as e.g. aurë "day" keep this –ë in all cases of the singular and in ablative, allative and locative in the plural. In the other cases of the plural this –ë changes into an –i (we use aurë "day"):
| singular | plural | dual | part. plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aurë | auri | auret | aureli |
| genitive | aurëo | aurion | aureto | aurelion |
| possessive | aureva | auríva | auretwa | aurelíva |
| dative | auren | aurín | aurent | aurelin |
| ablative | aurello | aurellon(r) | aurelto | aurelillo(n)(r) |
| allative | aurenna | aurennar | aurenta | aurelinna(r) |
| locative | auressë | auressen | auretsë | aurelisse(n) |
| instrumental | aurenen | aurínen | aurenten | aurelínen |
| respective | aures | aurís | auretes | aurelis |
The u-duals in this group are declined as follows (we use tanwë "device"):
- Nom. tanweu, Poss. tanweuva, Dat. tanweun,
- Abl. tanweullo, All. tanweunna, Loc. tanweussë, Instr. tanweunen, Resp. tanweus.
Note: the Genitive dual is always formed with the t-dual: tanweto.
Nouns in -ë with I-stem
These nouns use –i in all cases except the nominative singular (we use porë, pori- "flour"):
| singular | plural | dual | part. plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | porë | porir | porit | porili |
| genitive | porio | poriron | porito | porilion |
| possessive | poriva | poríva | poritwa | porilíva |
| dative | porin | porín | porint | porilin |
| ablative | porillo | porillon(r) | porilto | porilillo(n)(r) |
| allative | porinna | porinnar | porinta | porilinna(r) |
| locative | porissë | porissen | poritsë | porilisse(n) |
| instrumental | porinen | porínen | porinten | porilínen |
| respective | poris | porís | porites | porilis |
The u-duals in this group are declined as follows (we use lohtë "blossom"):
- Nom. lohtiu, Gen. lohtiuo, Poss. lohtiuva, Dat. lohtiun,
- Abl. lohtiullo, All. lohtiunna, Loc. lohtiussë, Instr. lohtiunen, Resp. lohtius.
Some I-stems have a completely irregular nominative singular, in all other cases they follow the declension of lohtë:
- lapattë, lapatsi- "rabbit"
- mahtë, maxi- "hold, grip"
- ohtë, oxi- "egg"
- suhtë, suxi- "resin, gum"
A few remarks:
- The noun ethë "spear" can be inflected as an I-stem or as a noun without I-stem.
- The noun lingwë has an alternative nominative singular linwë. All other cases are formed with the stem lingwi-.
- The adjectives in –ë also belong to the I-stems, but one can only notice this when the adjective takes case endings (see Quenya Inflected adjectives).
Nouns in -i
These nouns mostly denote female persons or animals (we use lopsi "mare"):
| singular | plural | dual | part. plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lopsi | lopsir | lopsit | lopsili |
| genitive | lopsio | lopsiron | lopsito | lopsilion |
| possessive | lopsiva | lopsíva | lopsitwa | lopsilíva |
| dative | lopsin | lopsín | lopsint | lopsilin |
| ablative | lopsillo | lopsillon(r) | lopsilto | lopsilillo(n)(r) |
| allative | lopsinna | lopsinnar | lopsinta | lopsilinna(r) |
| locative | lopsissë | lopsissen | lopsitsë | lopsilisse(n) |
| instrumental | lopsinen | lopsínen | lopsinten | lopsilínen |
| respective | lopsis | lopsís | lopsites | lopsilis |
The u-duals in this group are declined as follows (we use tári "queen"):
- Nom. táriu, Gen. táriuo, Poss. táriuva, Dat. táriun,
- Abl. táriullo, All. táriunna, Loc. táriussë, Instr. táriunen, Resp. tárius.
Nouns in -ië
All nouns have t-duals, no u-duals are possible (we use tië "path"):
| singular | plural | dual | part. plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tië | tier | tiet | tiéli |
| genitive | tiéo | tiéron | tiéto | tielion |
| possessive | tiéva | tíva | tietwa | tielíva |
| dative | tien | tín | tient | tiélin |
| ablative | tiello | tiellon(r) | tielto | tielillo(n)(r) |
| allative | tienna | tiennar | tienta | tielinna(r) |
| locative | tiessë | tiessen | tietsë | tielisse(n) |
| instrumental | tiénen | tínen | tienten | tielínen |
| respective | ties | tís | tiétes | tiélis |
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