íre

noun. longing

írë

eternal

[írë] (3) noun "eternal" (read "eternity", as suggested by Christopher Tolkien, but the word was in any case changed to oirë)(GEY, VT45:13)

írë

desire

írë (1) noun "desire". (ID). In the pre-classical Tengwar system presupposed in the Etymologies, írë was also the name of a long carrier with an i-tehta above it, denoting long í. (VT45:17).

írë

noun. desire, desire, [ᴹQ.] longing

Derivations

• √IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful”
• √ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112

Element in

• Q. Írildë
• Q. írima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/112
• Q. Írimon
• Q. Írissë “*Desirable Lady”
• Q. Irmo “Desirer”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√ID > ír-	[īde] > [īðe] > [īre]	✧ PE17/112

Variations

• ír- ✧ PE17/112 (ír-)

írë

when

írë (2) conj. "when" (subordinate conjunction, not question-word: írë Anarinya queluva, "when my sun faileth") (FS). Compare yá #2.

íra

eternal

[íra adj. "eternal" (GEY, VT45:13; changed by Tolkien to oira, see OY)]

írissë

desire

Írissë fem. name (PM:345), evidently connected to írë "desire".

yesta-

desire

yesta- (1) vb. "desire" (YES, VT46:23; the latter source indicates that Tolkien did write yesta- with a final hyphen, indicating that this is "desire" as a verbal stem, not as a noun).

aira

eternal

[aira (4) adj. "eternal" (EY, VT45:13). Changed by Tolkien to oira.]

oira

eternal

oira adj. "eternal" (OY)

milmë

desire, greed

milmë noun "desire, greed" (MIL-IK)

oialëa

eternal

oialëa adj. "eternal" (PE17:59)

oialëa

adjective. eternal

Elements

Word	Gloss
oialë	“forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity, forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; [ᴹQ.] everlasting age”
-a	“adjectival suffix”

yá

when

yá (2) conj. "when" in the sentence yá hrívë tenë, ringa ná "when winter comes, it is cold" (VT49:23). Compare írë #2.

yá

conjunction. when

Derivations

• √YA “*there, over there; (of time) back, ago, [ᴹ√] there, over there; (of time) back, ago”

Element in

• Q. násië “now and at the hour of our death: Amen” ✧ VT43/34; VT43/34
• Q. yá hríve menë, ringa ná “when winter comes/arrives/is with us, it is cold” ✧ VT49/23 (yá hríve tene, ringa ná)

Variations

• ya ✧ VT43/34

í(qua), illume, iquallume

conjunction. when, whenever

malumë

adverb. when

Cognates

• ᴺS. mallú “when, (orig.) what time”

Elements

Word	Gloss
ma	“interrogative particle”
lúmë	“time, period of time, hour”

ir

conjunction. (?) when

This word is not translated. It could be related to Quenya íre "when". Some scholars also consider that it could be the form taken by the article i before a vowel, on a pattern similar to ah . To this respect, it might be interesting to note the ir was the allative/dative form of the article in the old Gnomish lexicon, PE/11:9

aníra-

verb. to desire

îr

sexual desire

(VT46:23)

ir

when

?ir (not used in questions but to indicate time, as in ”when I saw you, I was glad”). This is one of several possible interpretations of the word, which occurs in a Sindarin poem untranslated by Tolkien (ir Isil ammen Eruchín…síla, ?”when the Moon shines for us Children of Eru…”, The Lays of Beleriand p. 354). By another interpretation, ir is simply a variant of the definite article.(relative pronoun), see THAT

ir

when

(not used in questions but to indicate time, as in ”when

ir

i

is simply a variant of the definite article.

uireb

eternal

uireb (pl. uirib), also ui (everlasting); no distinct pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

uireb

eternal

(pl. uirib), also ui (everlasting); no distinct pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

aníra

desire

(vb.) aníra- (i aníra, in anírar);

aníra

desire

(i aníra, in anírar);

îr

noun. sexual desire

uireb

adjective. eternal

uireb

adjective. eternal

Cognates

• ᴹQ. oira “eternal” ✧ Ety/OY
• ᴹQ. íra “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY

guireb

adjective. eternal

Elements

Word	Gloss
guir	“eternity”
-eb	“adjective suffix”