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Early Primitive Elvish

iði

root. dwell‽

A root in the Qenya and Gnomish Lexicons given as ᴱ√IŘI (QL/43) and iđ- (GL/50), the latter more representative of its true form. In the Qenya Lexicon it was glossed “dwell”, but Tolkien marked this gloss with a “?”. It had derivatives like ᴱQ. indo/G. ind “house”, ᴱQ. irmin/G. Idhru “world”, and ᴱQ. Indi/G. idhrin “men, earth dwellers”. Based on the last of these, a probable variant is the deleted root ᴱ√(I)LÐ(I)L, also in the Qenya Lexicon with the (rejected) derivative ᴱQ. ildi “men” (QL/42).

There are no signs of this root in Tolkien’s later writing, and both “men” and “world” were generally derived from other roots, the latter from √MBAR “dwell”, the likeliest replacement for this root.

Derivatives

  • Eq. irmin “the inhabited world” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. Indi “Men, Earth Dwellers” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. indo “house” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • Eq. irin “town” ✧ LT2A/Idril; QL/043
  • G. idhwin “*Man (f.)” ✧ GL/50
  • G. idhweg “*Man (m.)” ✧ GL/50
  • G. idhrin “men, earth dwellers” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril
  • G. Idhru “the world” ✧ GL/50; LT2A/Idril
  • G. idhruglin “the language of Men” ✧ GL/50
  • G. ind “house, abode” ✧ LT2A/Idril
  • G. inna “in home, to its house/its right place”
  • G. inni “home, at home, in right place”
  • G. Isbaroth “Creatures of the Earth” ✧ GL/50

Element in

  • ᴱ✶ai-idh “nest” ✧ GL/17

Variations

  • idh ✧ GL/17
  • iđ- ✧ GL/50
  • IRI ✧ LT2A/Idril
  • IŘI ✧ QL/043
Early Primitive Elvish [GL/17; GL/50; LT2A/Idril; QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by

iři

root. dwell‽

Early Primitive Elvish Group: Eldamo. Published by