Ilk. class plural grammar.

Ilk. class plural grammar.

Ilkorin had a class-plural suffix -ath, identical in form and origin to -ath (PE21/57). This suffix appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s within the collective form Eglath of Egla “Elf”, both as Doriathrin (Ety/ELED) and general Ilkorin (Ety/GAT(H), LED). It is possible this suffix was also used as (and was perhaps inspired by) the Gnomish general plural suffix -th.

Examples (class-plural)
Ilk. círiath “ships” ← cīr ✧ PE21/57
Ilk. ciriath “ships” ← cir ✧ PE21/57
Dor. Eglath ← Egla ✧ Ety/ELED
Ilk. Eglath “Eldar” [← Egla] ✧ Ety/GAT(H)
Ilk. Eglath “Eldar, Ilkorians” [← Egla] ✧ Ety/LED

Reference ✧ PE21/57 ✧ for example: círiathcīr

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