Eldamo : Sindarin : nedrui

S. nedrui num. ord. “ninth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

S. nedrui, num. ord. “ninth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

A Sindarin word for “ninth” appearing in notes on numbers associated with The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor from the late 1960s, an adjective form of neder “nine” using the suffix -ui (VT42/25). Earlier drafts of The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor instead had nerthui “ninth” (VT42/10).

Reference ✧ VT42/25 ✧ “9th”

Elements

neder	“nine”	✧ VT42/25
-ui	“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; [as verbal suffix] possibility, suitability, *-able”	✧ VT42/25

Cognates

Q. nertëa “ninth” ✧ VT42/25
T. neterya “ninth” ✧ VT42/25

S. nerthui num. ord. “ninth” (Category: Ordinal Number)

See S. nedrui for discussion.

Reference ✧ VT42/10 ✧ “ninth”

Elements

-ui

“-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; [as verbal suffix] possibility, suitability, *-able”

✧ VT42/10

Derivations

< √NETER “nine”