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N. #-dis suf. “feminine agent” (Category: Doer, Agent)

N. #-dis, suf. “feminine agent” (Category: Doer, Agent)

A feminine agental suffix appearing in The Etymologies of the 1930s as a suffix in N. meldis “friend (f.)”, the feminine equivalent of N. meldir which had the masculine agental suffix dîr (Ety/MEL).

Conceptual Development: In the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s the suffix G. -(n)ir seems to be a feminine agent, probably based on (archaic) G. †nîr “woman”. For example: G. bridh(n)ir “queen” vs. G. bridhon “king” (GL/24) or G. gwar(e)dhir “f. companion” vs. G. gwar(e)dhon “m. companion” (GL/44). Sometimes -ir seems to be gender-neutral, however, as with G. faithir “savior” (GL/33) and G. hilmir “heir (m. or f.)” (GL/49). There are remnants of this feminine -ir suffix in The Etymologies, where in the first iteration of the entry for the root ᴹ√MEL Tolkien had meldir “friend (f.)” (EtyAC/MEL) before deciding meldir was masculine.

Reference ✧ Ety/MEL

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dîs “bride”

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G. #-(n)ir suf. “(feminine) agent” (Category: Doer, Agent)

See N. #-dis for discussion.

References ✧ GL/24, 33-34, 36, 38, 43-44, 48-49

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