S. †-a suf. “[old] genitive suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)
References ✧ NM/355; PE17/97; VT42/4
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| †-uin | fem | ✧ PE17/97: [because the suffix was] added after old -ī (?female) |
| OS. -on | plural | ✧ NM/355 |
| -on | plural | ✧ NM/355 |
| †-on | plural | ✧ PE17/97 |
| ion | plural | ✧ PE17/97: later n [?restored] |
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| ✶ō > ia > -a | [-ō] ? [-a] | ✧ PE17/97 |
| ✶iōm > ion | [-iōm] ? [-ion] | ✧ PE17/97 |
G. -a suf. “genitive suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)
References ✧ GG/10; GL/17
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| -ion | plural | ✧ GG/10 |
| ion | plural | ✧ GG/10 |
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G. -n suf. “genitive suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)
References ✧ GG/10
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| -thon | plural | ✧ GG/10 |
| thon | plural | ✧ GG/10 |
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Ilk. -a(n) suf. “genitive” (Category: Noun Inflection)
The Ilkorin genitive suffix (Ety/NAUK), attested in Dor. Tor Tinduma “King of Twilight” (Ety/TIN). It might have developed from the root ᴹ√NĀ¹/ANA¹, which is the source of the Quenya genitive suffix ᴹQ. -n and the Noldorin preposition N. na “of”. Helge Fauskanger suggested instead that it developed from a suffixal form of ᴹ✶ʒō (AL-Ilkorin/-a). This second derivation seems more plausible given its plural form -ion, though the plural could also have developed from (plural) ✶ī + (genitive) ✶āna > *✶-iān(a) > -iōn > -ion. See the entry on the genitive inflection for further discussion.
Conceptual Development: This suffix and its plural are the same as the Gnomish genitive suffix -a with plural -ion (GG/10). The derivation of the Gnomish genitive is closer to Mr. Fauskanger’s suggested etymology of the Ilkorin genitive, giving further support to his theory.
Reference ✧ Ety/NAUK ✧ Dor. -a(n) “genitive” for example: Nauglamîr
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