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Lesson 35: Further Suffixes

Introduction Lessons 32 and 34 introduced possessive, diminutive, and abstract suffixes. This lesson extends the survey with the remaining major derivational suffixes: the augmentative -on , the tree suffix -orn , the person/male suffix -dir , the son-of suffix -ion , and the territorial suffix -an / -waith . Together, Lessons 32–35 give you a near-complete reference for Sindarin word-formation through suffixes. The highlight of this lesson is the Name...

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Lesson 34: Abstract Nouns — The -as Suffix

Introduction Every language needs ways to express not just concrete things ( tree , stone , sword ) but abstract concepts: loyalty , wisdom , grief , hope , beauty . In English we turn adjectives into abstract nouns with suffixes like "-ness" ( greatness ), "-ity" ( beauty → beautifulness ), or "-hood" ( manhood , kingship ). Sindarin has its own machinery for this: the primary abstract noun...