-r

nominative plural ending regularly used on nouns ending in -a, -i, -ië, -o, -u, e.g. Ainur, Valar, tier. Occasionally it is added also to nouns ending in -ë that normally take the ending -I in the pl.. This seems to regularly happen in the case of nouns in -lë see \#fintalë, mallë, tyellë, sometimes also otherwise see Ingwë, wendë, essë \#1. This plural ending was "it is said" first used by the Noldor PM:402. plural ending used on verbs with a plural subject VT49:48, 50, 51, e.g. lantar “fall” in Namárië with the plural subject lassi “leaves”, or unduláver as the pl. form of undulávë “licked down, covered” PE17:72. The ending is sometimes missing where we might expect it; for instance, the verb tarnë “stood” has multiple subjects and yet does not appear as *tarner in PE17:71.