pethas (plural pethais, archaic plural petheis)
sentence, phrase
With singular and plural “the”, showing Soft and Nasal mutations:
i bethas “the phrase”
i phethais “the phrases”
Sindarin noun peth “word” (Ety366, LotR/II:IV, RS463, PE17:46) and abstract suffix -as as found in words like sarnas “a pile of stones” (LR406)
sarnas “a pile of stones” (LR406)
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