Quenya 

írima

lovely, beautiful, desirable

írima adj. "lovely, beautiful, desirable" (ID, FS, PE17:155), in FS also pl. írimar; in the "Qenya" of Fíriel's Song, adjectives in -a form their plurals in -ar instead of -ë as in LotR-style Quenya.

írima

adjective. desirable, lovely

Changes

  • írimeírima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/112

Cognates

  • S. írui “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/155

Derivations

  • ID “desire, long for” ✧ PE17/112
  • IR “desire, long for, desire, long for; [ᴹ√] desirable, beautiful” ✧ PE17/155; PE17/155

Element in

  • Q. Írimë “*Lovely” ✧ PE17/112

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ID > írima[īdima] > [īðima] > [īrima]✧ PE17/112
IR > írima[īrima]✧ PE17/155

Variations

  • írime ✧ PE17/112 (írime)
Quenya [PE17/112; PE17/155; PE17/165] Group: Eldamo. Published by

melwa

lovely

melwa adj. "lovely" (LT1:262); compare melda in Tolkiens later Quenya.

Sindarin 

írui

adjective. desirable

_ adj. _desirable, lovely (mostly applied to persons, esp. women).

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:155] < IR verbal 'desire'. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

írui

adjective. desirable, lovely

Cognates

  • Q. írima “desirable, lovely” ✧ PE17/155
Sindarin [PE17/155] Group: Eldamo. Published by

dail

adjective. lovely

_ adj. _lovely, beautiful. Q. lelya. >> deil

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:151] < _delya_ < DEL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

deil

lovely

_ adj. _lovely, beautiful. Q. lelya. >> dail

Sindarin [(PE17 Sindarin Corpus) PE17:151] < _delya_ < DEL. Group: Parma Eldalamberon 17 Sindarin Corpus. Published by

melui

adjective. lovely, sweet

This word only occurs in the place name Imloth Melui, a vale where roses grew

Sindarin [LotR/V:VIII, VT/42:18, RC/582] Group: SINDICT. Published by

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