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S. nelchaenen num. ord. “*thirtieth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

⚠️S. nelchaenen, num. ord. “*thirtieth” (Category: Ordinal Number): ᴺS. !nelphaen “thirty”

A word appearing as nelchaenen “thirty” in the King’s Letter from around 1950 (SD/129), but more likely an adjectival form meaning “*thirtieth”. Compare tolothen “eighth” from the same document based on toloth “eight”.

Neo-Sindarin: For purposes of Neo-Sindarin, I would use ᴺS. nelphaen for “thirty” based on later pae(n) “ten”. As an adjective I would use nelphaenui “thirtieth”; compare paenui “tenth”.

Reference ✧ SD/129 ✧ “thirty”

ᴺS. !caphaen “forty”
ᴺS. !enephaen “sixty”
ᴺS. !lephaen “fifty”
ᴺS. !nederphaen “ninety”
ᴺS. !nelphaen “thirty”
ᴺS. !odophaen “seventy”
ᴺS. !odobaen “seventy”
ᴺS. !taphaen “twenty”
ᴺS. !tolophaen “eighty”

Elements

N. nel-	“tri-”
caen	“ten”	liquid-mutation
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Element In

S. a Pherhael ar am Meril suilad uin aran o Minas Tirith nelchaenen ned Echuir “to Samwise and Rose the King’s greeting from Minas Tirith, the thirty-first day of Stirring” ✧ SD/129; SD/129