-n

1 dative ending, originating as a reduced form of -n㠓to”, related to the allative ending -nna VT49:14. Attested in nin, men, ten, enyalien, Erun, airefëan, tárin, yondon q.v. and also added to the English name Elaine Elainen in a book dedication to Elaine Griffiths VT49:40. The longer dative ending -na is also attested in connection with some pronouns, such as sena, téna, véna q.v., also in the noun mariéna from márië “goodness” PE17:59. Pl. -in as in hínin, see hína, partitive pl. -lin, dual -nt Plotz. The preposition ana \#1 is said to be used “when purely dative formula is required” PE17:147, perhaps meaning that it can replace the dative ending, e.g. *ana Eru instead of Erun for “to God”.– In some of Tolkien’s earlier material, the ending -n or -en expressed genitive rather than dative, but he later decided that the genitive ending was to be -o cf. such a revision as Yénië Valinóren becoming Yénië Valinórëo, MR:200. 2, also -nyë, pronominal ending, 1st person sg. "I" VT49:51, as in utúlien "I am come" EO, cainen “I lay” VT48:12-13, carin or carinyë “I do” VT49:16, veryanen *”I married” VT49:45. See also VT49:48. Long form -nye- with object ending -s “it” following in utúvienyes see tuv-. A possible attestation of -n in object position “me” is provided by the untranslated verbal form tankassen PE17:76, where -n may be preceded by -sse- as a longer form of the 3rd person sg. ending -s see -s \#1. 3 a plural sign used in some of the case endings WJ:407: Pl. genitive -on, pl. ablative -llon but also -llor, pl. locative -ssen.