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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

  • írime → írima “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.