Eldamo : Adûnaic : -at

Ad. -at suf. “dual suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)

Ad. -at suf. “dual suffix” (Category: Noun Inflection)

The suffix for dual nouns in Adûnaic, with the a lengthened to â in subjective duals (SD/428-430). In later (Exilic?) Adûnaic, the â was long in all cases (SD/431). See the entry on dual nouns for further details. Carl Hostetter and Patrick Wynne suggested (AAD/11) that -at is derived from the same Primitive Elvish form ✶ata as the Quenya dual.

References ✧ SD/428-429, 431

Glosses

“dual suffix” ✧ SD/428; SD/429

Variations

-at ✧ SD/428; SD/429
-āt ✧ SD/431

dual nouns are made with the suffix -at “dual suffix” ✧ SD/428
dual nouns is expressed by -at “dual suffix” ✧ SD/429

Cognates

Q. -t¹ “dual ending”
S. †-ad “dual”

Derivations

< ✶ata “numerative dual ending”