Quenya 

heri

lady

heri noun "lady" (KHER, LT1:272)

heri

noun. lady

Derivations

  • kherī “lady”
    • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Element in

Variations

  • héri ✧ UT/195 (héri)

quimellë

lady

quimellë noun "lady" (GL:45)

Sindarin 

heruin

noun. lady

n. lady. >> heryn, Rocheruin

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:97] < _kherū _Lord, Master. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heruin

noun. lady

Element in

heryn

noun. lady

Sindarin [Roheryn S/436] hîr+dî. Group: SINDICT. Published by

heryn

noun. lady

n. lady. >> heruin, Rocheryn

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:97] < _kherū _Lord, Master. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heryn

noun. lady

Derivations

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
herūnī > heruin[kʰerūnī] > [kʰerūni] > [xerūni] > [xeruin] > [heruin]✧ PE17/097
herūnī > heryn[kʰerūnī] > [kʰerunī] > [kʰeruni] > [xeruni] > [xeryni] > [xeryn] > [heryn]✧ PE17/097

Variations

  • heruin ✧ PE17/097
Sindarin [PE17/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

híril

noun. lady, lady; [G.] princess, †queen

Element in

  • S. Hírilorn “Tree of the Lady” ✧ SA/heru

rodel

lady

1a _n._lady, high lady. >> Nimrodel

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:49] -. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

heryn

lady

1) heryn (i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn), 2) hiril (i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath. 3) brennil (i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath. 4) bassoneth (bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic *bassauneth. 5) (i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).

heryn

lady

(i cheryn, o cheryn), no distinct pl. form, not even with article (i cheryn)

hiril

lady

(i chiril, o chiril), no distinct pl. form even with article (i chiril), coll. pl. hirillath.

brennil

lady

(i vrennil), pl. same as sg. except with article: i mrennil. Coll. pl. brenillath.

lady

(i nî, o ndi) (bride), no distinct pl. form except with article (i ndî).

bassoneth

lady

(bread-giver) (i massoneth, o mbassoneth), pl. bassonith (i mbassonith). Archaic ✱bassauneth.

Primitive elvish

kherūnī

noun. lady

Changes

  • herūnīcherūnī ✧ PE17/098

Derivatives

  • S. heryn “lady” ✧ PE17/097

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
kherū“lord, master”
NĪ/INI“*female, [ᴹ√] female”

Variations

  • herūnī ✧ PE17/097; PE17/098 (herūnī)
  • cherūnī ✧ PE17/098
Primitive elvish [PE17/097; PE17/098] Group: Eldamo. Published by

kherī

noun. lady

Derivations

  • KHER “possess, possess, [ᴹ√] rule, govern, [ᴱ√] have power”

Derivatives

Variations

  • herī ✧ PE17/097
Primitive elvish [PE17/097] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Noldorin 

hiril

noun. lady

Noldorin [Ety/364] Group: SINDICT. Published by

hiril

noun. lady

Cognates

  • Ilk. hiril “lady”
  • ᴹQ. heri “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • On. khíril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
    • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Elements

WordGloss
hîr“master, lord”
-(r)il“feminine suffix”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
On. khíril > hiril[xīril] > [hīril] > [hiril]✧ Ety/KHER
Noldorin [Ety/KHER; EtyAC/KHER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

brennil

noun. lady

Noldorin [Ety/351] Group: SINDICT. Published by

brennil

noun. lady

Element in

Noldorin [Ety/BARÁD] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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Qenya 

heri

noun. lady

Cognates

  • On. khíril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER
  • N. hiril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHER > heri[kʰeri] > [xeri] > [heri]✧ Ety/KHER

nissa

noun. lady

Derivations

  • ᴹ√NIS “woman”

Doriathrin

hiril Reconstructed

noun. lady

A Doriathrin noun for “lady” attested only as an element in the name Hirilorn (Ety/NEL). It probably had essentially the same derivation as its Noldorin cognate N. hiril (Ety/KHER).

Cognates

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess”

Element in

Old Noldorin 

khíril

noun. lady

Cognates

  • ᴹQ. heri “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivations

  • ᴹ√KHER “rule, govern, possess” ✧ Ety/KHER

Derivatives

  • N. hiril “lady” ✧ Ety/KHER

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√KHER > khíril[kʰēril] > [kʰīril] > [xīril]✧ Ety/KHER
Old Noldorin [Ety/KHER] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Gnomish

gwiniel

noun. lady

Cognates

  • Eq. qimelle “little woman” ✧ GL/45

Early Quenya

heruni

noun. lady

Cognates

  • G. hiril “princess, †queen”
Early Quenya [QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by

heri

noun. lady

Cognates

  • G. hiril “princess, †queen”

Derivations

  • ᴱ√HERE “rule, have power” ✧ LT1A/Valahíru; QL/040

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴱ√HERE > heri[xerī] > [xeri] > [heri]✧ QL/040
Early Quenya [LT1A/Valahíru; PME/040; QL/040] Group: Eldamo. Published by