Sindarin |
English |
Examples |
ab- |
After/Later |
Abor = Tomorrow ('after day') Abonnen = Born after (a Man born after the Elves) |
ad- |
Again |
Adbed- = To rephrase ('say again') Adertha- = To reunite ('unite again') |
al- |
Well |
Albeth = Word of good omen Alwed = Prosperous, fortunate |
ath- |
Easy |
Athgar = Easy to do |
athra- |
Across |
Athrabeth = Conversation ('across talk') |
(n)dae- |
Dreadful, abominable, detestable |
Daebeth = Blasphemy (abominable word) |
(n)dan- /(n)dad- |
Redoing something/Undoing something |
Dangar- = To undo Dadwen- = To return |
di- |
Under/Beneath |
Dihena- = To forgive |
dír- |
With difficulty |
Dirbedui = Difficult to pronounce |
dý- |
Mistakenly |
Dýgar = Mistaken act |
ein- |
Excellent, admirable |
Eindelia- = to play excellently, admirably |
fer- |
Soon/Promptly |
Ferui = Ready to hand |
go- |
Together |
Gobennas = History Golas = Foliage, collection of leaves |
(n)gor- |
With fear/dread/pain, difficult to do |
Gorbedui = Only to be said with horror |
os- |
Around/About |
Osgar- = To cut around, amputate |
oth- |
Badly (Improperly) |
Othgar- = To do wrong |
pen- |
Without, -less |
Ben-adar = Fatherless Penbed = Unpronounceable |
per- |
Half |
Peredhel = Half-Elf |
rhae- |
Awkwardly |
Rhaegar- = to do awkwardly |
rhu- |
Wickedly |
Rhudol = Unwelcome |
thar- |
Over/Across |
Tharbad = Cross-way (the name of a town in Middle Earth) |
thu- |
Badly (Incorrectly) |
Thugar- = to do badly, incorrectly- |
tre- |
Through (denotes completeness when attached to a verb) |
Trenarn = Account, tale (literally, to tell a tale through to the end) |
ui- |
Ever (Forever, always) |
Uidafnen = Everclosed |