Originally posted by silmarilli
i wanna find the translation of the word love in elvish...
the lyrics of the evenstar song say veleth but i made i Little search and i find it in sindarin and its meleth!what's the right one?
"veleth" is the lenited form of the word: In Sindarin, the first consonant of a word is altered in specific ways in certain "environments" (in a sentence), eg. after articles or prepositions. In particular, the "m" of "meleth" turns to "v" if the word follows a vowel (like the article "i"😉, if it is used as a direct (accusative) object, if it is the second word of a compound word, if it follows a preposition ending with a liquid sound, and in some other cases.
Yes, the reply is sort of late.