Q. #sav- v. (basic-verb) “to believe” (Category: to Believe)

Q. #sav-, v. (basic-verb) “to believe” (Category: to Believe)

References ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27-28

Inflections

savin

aorist 1st-sg

“I believe”

✧ PE22/158; PE22/158; VT49/27; VT49/28

Element In

• ᴺQ. !savielóra “unbelieving, belief-less”
• ᴺQ. !savindo “believer”
• ᴺQ. !sávula “credulous, gullible”
• Q. savin Elessar ar i nánë aran Ondórëo “I believe that E[lessar] really existed and that he was a King of Gondor” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27
• Q. savin Elessarno quetië “I believe the words of A[ragorn]” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/28
• Q. savin i Elessarno quetië naitë “I believe that the words of A[ragorn] are true” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/28

Derivations

• < √SAB “believe (that statements, reports, traditions, etc. are) true, accept as fact” ✧ PE22/158; VT49/27

Phonetic Developments

√SAB > savin	[sab-] > [saβ-] > [sav-]	✧ PE22/158
√SAB > savin	[sab-] > [saβ-] > [sav-]	✧ VT49/27