Quenya/Allative

Usage
The allative corresponds to the preposition "towards" (and this is frequently abbreviated to "to").

So it is used for destinations:
 * lelyuvan i ciryanna  "I shall go to(wards) the boat"

or for a direction in which the action is performed:
 * quentes Elendilenna  "he spoke to(wards) Elendil"


 * lenden ostonna  "I went to town"

The preposition "into" is translated by mir followed by a nominative:
 * lenden mir osto  "I went into town"

The allative is also used with following verbs:
 * caita- "lie", to express whereupon the subject "lies":


 * i cirya caita i falmannar  "the ship lies upon the waves"


 * tulya- "lead", to express whereinto the subject "is lead":


 * tulyan i nér i taurenna  "I lead the man into the forest"

Singular
The basic ending is -nna after vowels and  -enna after consonants.

Most words simply add this ending:
 * aran "king" &rarr; aranenna


 * tári "queen" &rarr; tárinna


 * vendë "girl" &rarr; vendenna


 * háno "brother" &rarr; hánonna

Words that have a stem-form use this stem-form:
 * nís "woman" &rarr; nissenna


 * curo "device" &rarr; curunna


 * lómë "night" &rarr; lóminna

Exceptions:

Words ending in -n contract with the ending:


 * mindon "tower" &rarr; mindonna

Words ending in -l change  l +  nna into  -lda:


 * menel "heaven" &rarr; menelda

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" &rarr; talamenna (stem-form  talam-)


 * nén "water" &rarr; nenna (stem-form  nen-)

The allative of contracted stems (see ../Stem-forms/) doesn't use the stem-form but the nominative singular:
 * haran "leader" &rarr; haranna (stem-form  harn-)

Doubled N-stems also use the nominative singular:
 * olwen "branch" &rarr; olwenna (stem-form  olwenn-)

Plural
The ending is -nnar after vowels and  -innar after consonants.
 * macil "sword" &rarr; macilinnar


 * elda "elf" &rarr; eldannar

Doubled N-stems use the nominative singular:


 * olwen "branch" &rarr; olwennar (stem-form  olwenn-)

Exception: Words ending in -n contract with the ending:


 * mindon "tower" &rarr; mindonnar

Dual
U-duals get -nna:


 * aldu "a pair of trees" &rarr; aldunna (nom.sing.:  alda)

In t-duals the final -t is replaced by  -nta:


 * ciryat "a pair of ships" &rarr; ciryanta (nom.sing.:  cirya)


 * aranet "a pair of kings" &rarr; aranenta (nom.sing.:  aran)

Partitive Plural
We add -nnar or  -nna to the nominative partitive plural:
 * ciryali "some ships"


 * ciryalinnar/ciryalinna (nom.sing.: cirya)


 * falmali "some (crested or foaming) waves"


 * falmalinnar (nom.sing.: falma)

(Note: The ending -nnar is preferred.)

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