Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!

Gnomish

gwivrin

adjective. barren

Derivations

  • G. uivrin “barren” ✧ GL/46

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
G. uivrin > gwivrin[wivrin] > [gʷivrin]✧ GL/46
Gnomish [GL/46; GL/52; GL/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

uivrin

adjective. barren

An adjective appearing as G. uivrin “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, the negated form of G. ivrin “fertile” (GL/46, 74). It had a variant form G. gwivrin “barren” where with the “ui- being replaced by analogy” (GL/46).

Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aliavren “barren” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the updated word ᴺS. iavren “fertile”.

Derivatives

Gnomish [GL/38; GL/46; GL/52; GL/74] Group: Eldamo. Published by

ilgiol

adjective. barren

A word for “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. giol “fecund” with the negative prefix G. il- (GL/50).

Elements

WordGloss
il-“the opposite, the reversal”
giol“fecund; conceiving, having conceived, just pregnant”