Neo-Quenya/Ablative

Usage

The ablative corresponds to the preposition "from".

So it is used for origins that involve motion:

tuluvan i ciryallo "I shall come from the boat"

or for the originator of something given:

tuvunes i malta i cundullo "he received the gold from the prince"

The ablative is also used with following words:

• the verb ruc- "fear", to express what is "feared":

i hína runcë i huinello "the child feared the shadow"

• the preposition et "out, out of":

i fëa tullë et i olpello "the spirit came out of the bottle"

Formation

We discuss each of the numbers separately:

Singular

The basic ending is -llo after vowels and -ello after consonants.

Most words simply add this ending:

sarat "sign" → saratello

tári "queen" → tárillo

vendë "girl" → vendello

Words that have a stem-form use this stem-form:

nís "woman" → nissello

curo "device" → curullo

lómë "night" → lómillo

Exceptions:

• words ending in -l contract with the ending:

menel "heaven" → menello

• words ending in -r, -n, -s lose this final consonant before adding -llo:

aran "king" → arallo

atar "father" → atallo

tavas "woodland" → tavallo

When using these rules you have to look at the final letter of the stem-form (and not at the final letter of the nominative):

talan "floor" → talamello (stem-form talam-)

nén "water" → nello (stem-form nen-)

The ablative of contracted stems (see Stem-forms) doesn't use the stem-form but the nominative singular:

toron "brother" → torollo (stem-form torn-)

Doubled L-stems also use the nominative singular:

amil "mother" → amillo (stem-form amill-)

(so for these nouns the genitive and ablative singular are identical).

Plural

The ending is -llon after vowels and -illon after consonants.

mindon "tower" → mindonillon

elda "elf" → eldallon

(note: sometimes the plural endings -llor and -illor are seen, but these are not preferred).

Exceptions:

• words ending in -l contract with the ending:

macil "sword" → macillon

• doubled L-stems use the nominative singular:

amil "mother" → amillon (stem-form amill-)

Dual

• u-duals get -llo:

aldu "a pair of trees" → aldullo (nom.sing.: alda)

• in t-duals the final -t is replaced by -lto:

ciryat "a pair of ships" → ciryalto (nom.sing.: cirya)

aranet "a pair of kings" → aranelto (nom.sing.: aran)

Partitive Plural

We add -llon or -llo to the nominative partitive plural:

ciryali "some ships" → ciryalillon/ciryalillo (nom.sing.: cirya)

(but the ending -llon is preferred, and again sometimes -llor is seen)

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