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Qenya 

firin

adjective. dead (by natural cause)

An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “dead (by natural cause)” derived from the root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).

Cognates

  • N. fern “dead (of mortals)” ✧ Ety/PHIR
  • S. firin “mortal, dying, dying, mortal; [N.] human”

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHIR “die of natural causes” ✧ Ety/PHIR

Element in

  • ᴹQ. ilfirin “immortal” ✧ Ety/PHIR

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHIR > firin[pʰirin] > [ɸirin] > [firin]✧ Ety/PHIR

fírima

adjective. mortal

Derivations

  • ᴹ√PHIR “die of natural causes” ✧ Ety/PHIR; EtyAC/ÑGUR

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√PHIR > fírima[pʰīrima] > [ɸīrima] > [fīrima]✧ Ety/PHIR

Variations

  • firima ✧ EtyAC/ÑGUR
Qenya [Ety/PHIR; EtyAC/ÑGUR] Group: Eldamo. Published by

fírimo

proper name. Mortal

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
fírima“mortal”
Qenya [LR/072; LR/245; LRI/Fírimor] Group: Eldamo. Published by

qalin

adjective. dead, dead, [ᴱQ.] dying

An adjective for “dead” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” (Ety/KWAL).

Conceptual Development: The adjective ᴱQ. qalin meant “dead” all the way back in the Qenya Lexicon and Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa of the 1910s where it was derived from the early root ᴱ√QALA “die” (QL/76; PME/76). In the Qenya Lexicon it has an archaic variant ᴱQ. †qalna (QL/76). In Early Qenya Word-lists of the 1920s, qalin appeared in the stative construction qalinya {“is dead” >>} “is dying” (PE16/140).

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KWAL “die (in pain)” ✧ Ety/KWAL

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KWAL > qalin[kwalin]✧ Ety/KWAL