S. -ath suf. “collective or group plural” (Category: Noun Inflection)

S. -ath, suf. “collective or group plural” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ Let/427; PE17/25, 62; RC/347; RGEO/66; VT39/20; VT48/19

Glosses

• “collective or group suffix” ✧ Let/427
• “collective plural” ✧ RC/347
• “group plural” ✧ PE17/62; RGEO/66
• “‘plural’ suffix” ✧ PE17/25

Related

• ath “collective or group suffix” is not related to Q. atta “two” ✧ Let/427
• Q. -sta [per Carl Hostetter, may be related to] -ath ✧ VT39/20

Element In

• ᴺS. !asgath “skeleton”
• S. Ann-thennath “*Long-shorts”
• S. Argonath “Pillars of the Kings, (lit.) Royal Stones” ✧ RC/347
• S. Ennorath “(All) the Middle-lands” ✧ PE17/25
• S. Hurinionath “Descendants of Húrin”
• S. Minhiriath “Between the Rivers”
• S. Remmirath “Netted Jewels”

Derivations

• < ✶atta “two” ✧ VT48/19
  • < √ATATA “two” ✧ VT48/19 (tat(ă))
• < ✶-stā “collective suffix”
  • < √SAT “space, place; divide, apportion, mark off”

Phonetic Developments

✶atta > -ath

[-atta] > [-attʰa] > [-aθθa] > [-aθθ] > [-aθ]

✧ VT48/19

N. -ath suf. “collective or group plural” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ Ety/SI; PE21/57, 64

Glosses

• “collective plural” ✧ PE21/57
• “group pl” ✧ PE21/57

Element In

• N. siniath “news, tidings” ✧ Ety/SI

Cognates

• Ilk. -ath “collective plural” ✧ PE21/57
• ᴹQ. -sta¹ “close grouping” ✧ PE21/57

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶-asta “collective plural” ✧ PE21/57 (-atta); PE21/64 (sta)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶-atta > -ath

[-attā] > [-atta] > [-attʰa] > [-aθθa] > [-aθθ] > [-aθ]

✧ PE21/57

G. -th suf. “plural suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ GG/10

Glosses

• “nominative inessive P.” ✧ GG/10

Related

• -th is original and same as ᴱQ. -r ✧ GG/10
• -in “nominative inessive P.” [versus] -th “nominative inessive P.” ✧ GG/10

Cognates

• ᴱQ. -r¹ “plural suffix” ✧ GG/10

Derivations

• < G. †-tt “dual” ✧ GG/10
  • < ᴱ✶-ttǝ “dual” ✧ GG/10

Phonetic Developments

G. -tt > -th

[-tt] > [-θθ] > [-θ]

✧ GG/10