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the real findorfin 01-06-2003 01:11 PM

Masculine and Feminine??
 
For the race of Men there is man/men and woman/women.

What about elves and dwarves? Are there different forms of elf/elves??

Curulin 01-06-2003 02:08 PM

All i can say is that i know that Tolkien meant for the plural of Dwarf to be "Dwarrows", and i think probably the term was interhangable between the sexes. Its probably just Dwarf-Women...
Hey, theres not exactly a lot of difference!!!

I'm not sure about the elves, but in the film the nazgul call Arwen a "she-elf", but this probably isnt particularly accurate, and is meant as an insult anyway i would imagine...

Galorme 01-06-2003 02:26 PM

I am sure there is a word for dwarf women in Dwarvish. I know there are different quenya forms of Quendi. (Quendu and Quende or something like that)

Manardariel 01-06-2003 05:30 PM

You know why thereīs no such word as "Dwarwennes"? *wispers* Itīs because of the beards...
Sorry, couldnīt resist. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Canīt help you though...

doug*platypus 01-08-2003 05:17 AM

That's a tricky one alright, and far beyond the capacity of this humble platypus.

Perhaps the answers lie... here!


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