Eldamo : Quenya : -issë

Q. -issë suf. “ending in feminine names” (Category: Female)

Q. -issë, suf. “ending in feminine names” (Category: Female)

An ending in feminine names, most notably Q. Írissë (PM/345).

Conceptual Development: ᴱQ. -sse was also a feminine suffix in Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s in words like ᴱQ. heresse “sister” from neuter ᴱQ. hes “*sibling” (QL/40).

Reference ✧ PM/345 ✧ “ending in feminine names”

Element In

Q. Írissë “*Desirable Lady” ✧ PM/345
Q. Lindissë “*Singer (f.)”

Cognates

S. -eth “feminine ending” ✧ PM/345

Derivations

< ✶-ittā “ending in feminine names” ✧ PM/345

ᴱQ. #-sse³ suf. “feminine suffix” (Category: Female)

See Q. -issë for discussion.

References ✧ QL/40, 55

Element In

ᴱQ. heresse “sister” ✧ QL/40
ᴱQ. Lotesse ✧ QL/55