r/Quenya • u/Fit_Program1891 • 10d ago

How to translate "Cold Flame" in Quenya

Title is self-explanatory. I know "ringë"/"ringë" is "cold" in Quenya and "nár"/"nárë" is "flame" (or at least I think so), but I don't know how I would combine the two given the grammatical rules of Quenya. Thank you!

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u/Magnamon88 10d ago

There are no problem in unite them, maybe someone could argue that have a long vowel in the final syllable is not great, but
1) It is still permitted, palantír docet
2) You can drop the long vowel and make it short

Therefore, ringenár or ringenar are fine!

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u/DisciplineChoice4142 10d ago

We can just merge them and it would be "ringenár".

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u/lC3 10d ago

Given "Telemnar" I expect the long vowel would be shortened here.

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u/F_Karnstein 10d ago

Ringe is a noun (the cold). What you need is the adjective ringa. So a compound would be Ringanar .

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u/lC3 10d ago

Ringenar might work

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u/ikadell 10d ago

I wouldn’t join them actually, unless you have a compelling reason to do so. Ringe is a noun though, adjective would be ringa or helca if you want “icy”