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Early Quenya

firin

noun. necklace

firin

noun. ray of sun

A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “ray of sun”, derived from the root ᴱ√FIŘI [FIÐI] (QL/38).

Derivations

  • ᴱ√FIÐI “*hair” ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; QL/038

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√FIŘI > firin[ɸiðin] > [fiðin] > [fizin] > [firin]✧ QL/038

Variations

  • firin ✧ LT2A/Glorfindel; QL/038
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firinga

noun. carcanet, necklace

A word appearing as ᴱQ. firinga in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, cognate to G. fring “carcanet, necklace” (GL/59), an element in the early name G. Nauglafring (LT2/221). In notes from this period Tolkien gave the full Qenya translation of this name as ᴱQ. Firin (i) Nautaron along with variants like Naufiringe (PE15/15).

Neo-Quenya: Since we have no better “necklace” words in Tolkien’s later writing, I’d retain ᴺQ. firinga “necklace, carcanet” for purposes of Neo-Quenya.

Cognates

  • G. fring “necklace, carcanet” ✧ GL/36; LT2A/Nauglafring; PE15/15

Derivations

Element in

Variations

  • Firin ✧ PE15/15
Early Quenya [GL/36; LT2A/Nauglafring; PE15/15] Group: Eldamo. Published by

mána

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” in the Early Qenya Grammar of the 1920s based on the verb ᴱQ. maka- “die” (PE14/58).

Variations

  • māna ✧ PE14/058
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narka

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” implied by the stative formation narkea “is dead” in Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s (PE16/140), perhaps connected to some precursor of √NDAK “slay”.

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qalna

adjective. dead

Derivations

  • ᴱ√QALA “die” ✧ QL/076

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√QALA > qalna[kʷalnā] > [kʷalna]✧ QL/076
Early Quenya [QL/076] Group: Eldamo. Published by

warda

adjective. dead

An adjective for “dead” from the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s under the early root ᴱ√GWṚÐṚ “die” (QL/104), given as a cognate to G. gwarth “dead (only of persons)” in the contemporaneous Gnomish Lexicon (GL/44).

Cognates

  • G. gwarth “dead (only of persons)” ✧ GL/44

Derivations

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ✶gu̯r̄́þa > warda[gʷṝθā] > [gʷṝθa] > [wṝθa] > [warθa] > [warða] > [warda]✧ GL/44
ᴱ√GWṚÐR > warda[gʷṝðā] > [gʷṝða] > [wṝða] > [warða] > [warda]✧ QL/104
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