Respective case
Today we want to talk about Respective case, a topic that has gained relevance in recent years and that has generated great interest in society. Respective case is an issue that affects people of all ages, genders and social classes, and its importance lies in the multiple aspects it covers. From its impact on the economy to its influence on culture and everyday life, Respective case has become a central topic today. In this article, we will analyze different aspects related to Respective case, from its origin to its possible solutions, with the aim of offering a comprehensive and in-depth vision of this topic.
The respective case (so named by Anthony Appleyard) is a noun case created by J. R. R. Tolkien in his constructed language Quenya (one of two of the elven languages which feature in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion); Tolkien himself never named the case (at least, not in any of his published writings). Since the exact function of this noun case is unclear, a more neutral term for it is the "s-case", as it is formed by appending an -s suffix to the noun it modifies. It is unclear whether this case is used with prepositions, transitive or intransitive verbs, or whether it has a more general use. Based on a few examples, Helge Fauskanger has inferred the possibility that it is used as a kind of locative (e.g.: i coa i taures / i coa i tauressë the house in the forest).
Another possible use is to translate expressions with the preposition “about.” For example, in translating “He told me about the invasion,” the Quenya word for “invasion” might appear in the respective/s-case. The seeming absence of any other case being used to translate this preposition lends support to this conjecture. Ales Bican has written an article exploring these and other possible functions for Tolkien's respective/s-case.
An example of inflection of the word cirya (ship) including the respective is present:
| Singular | Plural | Partitive plural | Dual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cirya | ciryar | ciryali | ciryat |
| Locative | ciryasse | ciryassen | ciryalisse(n) | ciryatse |
| Respective (s-case) | ciryas | ciryais | ciryalis | - |
References
- ^ Anthony Appleyard, "Quenya Grammar Reexamined", http://tolklang.quettar.org/articles/Appleyard.Quenya, March 7, 1995.
- ^ Helge Fauskanger, "'Quenya: L’antica lingua, “I sostantivi”, Gianluca Comastri, Italian trans., Ardalambion. Accessed 16 April 2016.
- ^ Ales Bican, "the -s case", http://www.elvish.org/elm/scase.html, November 15, 2006.
- ^ "Eldamo : Quenya : s-case". eldamo.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ^ "Eldamo : Quenya : cirya¹". eldamo.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
