sindarin_grammar1-2 Exercise 3: The Spelling of i-pheriannath ============================================================== The sound /f/ is written ph when it is word-final or when it spells a mutated p. In i-pheriannath the initial ph is the mutated form of p: the word is peryan (halfling) with its first letter changed after i (the). So ph suggests that the word before it triggers a mutation (Chapter 4). (The stem peryan is the standard analysis; check Eldamo.) The circumflex in Lhun: it marks a long vowel in a one-syllable word. It tells you the u is long.