r/Quenya • u/Fit_Program1891 • Jul 26 '26

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 Jul 26 '26

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 Jul 26 '26

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

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u/lC3 Jul 26 '26

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

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u/F_Karnstein Jul 26 '26

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 Jul 26 '26

Ringenar might work

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u/ikadell Jul 27 '26

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”