-ië

1 infinitive or gerundial ending, “general infinitive” PE17:68, attested in carië see car-, enyalië, q.v. CO 2 abstract ending, often used to derive abstracts from adjectives, e.g. látië “openness” vs. láta “open”, mornië “darkness” vs. morna “black, dark”, vanië for *vanyië “beauty” vs. vanya “fair”. 3 "is", -ier "are", stative verb suffix occurring in Fíriel's Song: númessier "they are in the west", meldielto "they are...beloved", talantië "he is fallen", márië "it is good" *númessë "in the west", melda "beloved", *talanta "fallen"; future tense -iéva in hostainiéva "will be gathered" *hostaina "gathered". Compare ye "is", yéva "will be", verbs that also occur in Fíriel's Song. This suffix is probably not valid in LotR-style Quenya: -ië is an infinitival or gerundial ending in CO, for ye "is" Namárië has ná, and the phrase "lost is" is vanwa ná, not *vanwië.