Eldamo : Quenya : melda

Q. melda adj. “dear, beloved” (Category: Dear)

Q. melda, adj. “beloved, dear, [ᴹQ.] sweet” (Category: Dear): ᴱQ. santa “dear, beloved”; ᴹQ. sonda “dear, fond”

References ✧ CPT/1296; PE17/41, 56-57, 109

Glosses

“dear” ✧ PE17/109
“dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/41; PE17/56

Variations

melda ✧ PE17/41; PE17/56; PE17/57; PE17/57; PE17/109

ᴹQ. melin “dear” vs. melda “dear, beloved”

Inflections

ammelda	intensive		✧ PE17/57
an(a)melda	intensive		✧ PE17/57
anamelda	intensive		✧ PE17/56; PE17/57
melle	plural	“beloved”	✧ CPT/1296
arimelda	superlative		✧ PE17/56; PE17/56
arimelda	superlative	“exceeding dear”	✧ PE17/57
armemelda	superlative		✧ PE17/56
ĕrĕmelda	superlative	“sole dear, dearest of all”	✧ PE17/57

Element In

Q. nessamelda “species of tree in Númenor, (lit.) beloved of Nessa”
Q. vanimelda “beautiful and beloved, elven-fair” ✧ PE17/56; PE17/57
Q. A anamelda na ar ilyan “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
Q. A anamelda na epë B “A is dear before B” ✧ PE17/57
Q. A anamelda na ep’ ilya “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
Q. A arimelda na epe B “A is (very much) [dearer] than B” ✧ PE17/57
Q. A arimelda na ilyaron “A is dearest of all” ✧ PE17/57
Q. ai! löar yassen palantírienyë andavanwë yárier “ah years in which looking far away I saw ages long-passed” ✧ CPT/1296

Cognates

S. mell “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/41

Derivations

< ✶melnā “dear, beloved” ✧ PE17/41; PE17/56 (mel-nā)
- < meldā < melnā ✧ PE17/41
- < √MEL “love” ✧ PE17/41

Phonetic Developments

✶melnā > meldā > melda	[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]	✧ PE17/41
✶mel-nā > melda	[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]	✧ PE17/56

ᴹQ. melda adj. “beloved, dear, sweet” (Category: Dear)

References ✧ Ety/MEL; EtyAC/MEL; LR/72

Glosses

“beloved, dear, sweet” ✧ Ety/MEL

Variations

melda ✧ Ety/MEL

Changes

melda “beloved, dear” »» melda “beloved, dear, sweet” ✧ EtyAC/MEL

Inflections

meldielto

stative 3rd-pl

“They are ... beloved”

✧ LR/72

Element In

ᴹQ. toi aina, mána, meldielto - enga morion: talantie “they are holy, blessed, and beloved - save the dark one: he is fallen” ✧ LR/72

Cognates

N. mell “dear” ✧ Ety/MEL

Derivations

< ᴹ√MEL “love (as friend)” ✧ Ety/MEL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√MEL > melda

[melnā] > [meldā] > [melda]

✧ Ety/MEL

ᴹQ. helda² adj. “friendly, having love (for)” (Category: Friendship)

Reference ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL ✧ helda “friendly, having love (for)”

Derivations

< ᴹ√ÑEL “friendship” ✧ EtyAC/ÑEL (ÑEL)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√ÑEL > helda

[ŋelda] > [ɣelda] > [helda]

✧ EtyAC/ÑEL

melitse	“darling, sweetheart”	✧ QL/60
#-a	“adjectival suffix”	✧ QL/60 (#-a)