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'''''ala-''''' is a [[Quenya]] prefix meaning "not-, un-". Seen in '''alahasta''' "unmarried".<ref>{{HM|MR}}, p.254</ref> This prefix seems to have the power to turn a following verbal stem into a past participle even if no explicit participle ending is present. Unlike [[ú]]-, this prefix does not seem to have negative connotations.
'''''ala-''''' is a [[Quenya]] prefix meaning "not-, un-". Seen in '''alahasta''' "unmarried".<ref>{{MR|P3II4}}, p. 254</ref> This prefix seems to have the power to turn a following verbal stem into a past participle even if no explicit participle ending is present. Unlike [[ú]]-, this prefix does not seem to have negative connotations.


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Latest revision as of 14:30, 21 August 2019

ala- is a Quenya prefix meaning "not-, un-". Seen in alahasta "unmarried".[1] This prefix seems to have the power to turn a following verbal stem into a past participle even if no explicit participle ending is present. Unlike ú-, this prefix does not seem to have negative connotations.

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Three. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: (II) The Second Phase: Later versions of the Story of Finwë and Míriel", p. 254