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Aren't the plurals (Q.) quildari and (S./Gnomish) cwildredath? -Hlingler (talk) "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." EB Hall, "Friends of Voltaire", 1906 00:11, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

-r is a usual plural suffix in Quenya so i think pl of Qildarë should be Qildarër, of Cwildred i think it should be Cwildredin, but Elfdict has a neo-sindarin term too "Pillor" which then should be Pillorath i think. Anyway it is bad style to put one plural and one singulat together, i agree on that.--Haerangil (talk) 14:09, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm afraid I must disagree. As per Parf Edhellen (NOTE example):

Quenya 
Late Period (1950-1973)

-i

-i nominative plural ending regularly used on nouns ending in a consonant and in ; in the latter case, is displaced (e.g. Quendë pl. Quendi).

Hence: quildarëquildari.

A far as Sindarin: pillor is fan-invented, which I would rather avoid if at all possible. Which leaves Sindarin/Gnomish cwildred. -in is the usual adjectival suffix (so cwildredin = "bat-like"); the usual plural suffixes are -ath and -rim, hence cwildredath or cwildredrim, or even (I'm not sure about this form) cwildrid. -Hlingler (talk) "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." EB Hall, "Friends of Voltaire", 1906 19:02, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

hmm.You seem to be right, Quendë also becomes Quendi in plural.But i am still hesitant on -ath and -rim in Goldogrin.Ath is Sindarin i believe and rim implies host or people.What about Cwildredlim or cwildredli? --Haerangil (talk) 12:08, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

After further review, I see that you are correct: -in is the plural suffix in Gnomish/Goldogrin. Hence cwildredcwildredin. I was mixing Sindarin with Gnomish… . -Hlingler (talk) "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." EB Hall, "Friends of Voltaire", 1906 20:17, 23 July 2021 (UTC)