ifant

adjective. *aged

iphant

adjective. aged, having lived long, old (with no connotation of weakness)

iphant

aged

iphant (long-lived, litearally ”year-full”), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.

iphant

aged

(long-lived, litearally ”year-full”), pl. iphaint. The spelling used in the source is ”ifant” (LR:400 s.v. YEN), but since the f arises from earlier (n > m +) p via nasal mutation, it should be written ph according to the spelling conventions described in LotR Appendix E.

iphant Reconstructed

adjective. *aged, [N.] aged, having lived long, (lit.) year-full

Cognates

• ᴺQ. yeniquanta “age (with no connotation of weakness)”

Element in

• ᴺS. íphathred “yearfullness, age of person”
• S. Torhir Ifant ✧ WJ/192

Elements

Word	Gloss
în	“year”
pant	“full, full; [G.] (with article) the whole, all the”

Variations

• Ifant ✧ WJ/192