fírima adj. "mortal" (PHIR; firima with a short i in VT46:4); also used as noun: Fírima pl. Fírimar "those apt to die", "mortals", an Elvish name of Mortal Men (WJ:387). This adj. is also the source of an explicit noun, personalized #Fírimo = mortal, mortal man. Pl. Fírimor (VT49:10-11), dative pl. fírimoin "for men" in Fíriel's Song; cf. also the pl. allative fírimonnar in VT44:35.
Quenya
Fírimo
mortal
fírima
mortal
firya
proper name. Mortal
A shorter variant of Fírima (WJ/219, 387). It is the adjectival form of the root √PHIR produced by the suffix -ya.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies, the word ᴹQ. firya is glossed “human” and is derived from the same root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).
Cognates
- S. Feir “Mortal, Mortal, [N.] mortal man” ✧ WJ/219; WJI/Feir; WJ/219
Derivations
- √PHIR “exhale, expire, breathe out, exhale, expire, breathe out; [ᴹ√] die of natural causes” ✧ WJ/387
Derivatives
- S. Feir “Mortal, Mortal, [N.] mortal man” ✧ WJ/387
Elements
Word Gloss firya “mortal; human, [ᴹQ.] human; [Q.] mortal” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHIRI > Firyar [pʰirja] > [ɸirja] > [firja] ✧ WJ/387
#Fírimo noun "mortal", see fírima