Re: Sindarin Stress?

S'mae,
Ysgrifennodd Christian Thalmann:
> I've just re-skimmed the Ardalambion page on Sindarin, and found no
> reference to stress placement.  Is is the same as in Quenya (which is
> the same as in Latin, IIRC), or is it more word-final (seeing as most
> Old Elven words seem to have dropped their final vowel in Sindarin)?
Stress in Sindarin is applied by the same Quenya-Latin rules. If you look at
the Appendix, you'll see both Quenya and Sindarin words listed in the Stress
section: periAnnath, ecthElion, pelArgir, silIvren, dEnethor alongside
elentAri.

> I for one would be relieved to know that beautiful words like "Fangorn"
> and "Orthanc" are stressed on the ultimate... they'd sound outright ugly
> otherwise.  =P
Disagree. Is there's anything ugly, there's the variant Orfank, as in some
Russian translations.

Hwyl,
Pavel

Reply