Quenya 

Eruva

eruva

Eruva, see Eru

eruva

adjective. divine

eru

noun. The One, God

Quenya [Let/190; Let/194; Let/204; Let/387; LotRI/One; LRI/Eru; LT1I/Eru; MR/329; MR/330; MRI/Eru; PE17/075; PE21/83; PE22/147; PE22/158; PE22/165; PMI/Eru; S/025; SA/er; SI/Eru; SMI/Eru; UT/215; UT/305; UT/317; UTI/Eru; VT43/32; VT44/07; VT44/17; VT44/34; WJ/402; WJI/Eru] Group: Eldamo. Published by

amillë eruva lissëo

Mother of divine grace

The fourteenth line of Tolkien’s Quenya translation of the Litany of Loreto prayer (VT44/12). The first word is the noun amil(lë) “mother”. The second word is the adjective Eruva “divine”, the adjectival form of Eru “God”, meaning “of God, Godly” = “divine”. The final word lissëo “of grace” is the genitive form of the noun lissë “grace”, also seen in Erulissë “God’s grace” appearing in versions I-II of the first line of the *Aia María* prayer (VT43/26-7).

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> Amillë Eru-va lissë-o = “✱Mother God-(adjective) grace-of”