Quenya 

írimë

feminine name. *Lovely

The father-name of the fourth child and youngest daughter of Finwë (MR/207, PM/343). It seems to be a feminized form of the adjective írima “desirable, lovely”.

Conceptual Development: When she first appeared, her name was given as Írimë and she was either the middle or youngest daughter, varying in birth-order with a third daughter Faniel (MR/207, 238), who later disappeared from the texts. At one point her name was temporarily changed to Finvain (MR/262), but later still she reappeared as Írimë, as the second of only two daughters (PM/343). Confusingly, her name was then changed to Írien just a few lines later, without explanation.

Christopher Tolkien discusses the changing names for Finwë’s daughters on PM/359, notes #26 and #28. This entry uses Írimë as the most common of her names.

Elements

WordGloss
írima“desirable, lovely”

Variations

  • Írime ✧ PE17/112
  • Írien ✧ PMI/Írimë
Quenya [MRI/Írimë; PE17/112; PM/343; PMI/Írimë] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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

Irimë

Írimë

Írimë's mother-name was Lalwendë or in shortened form Lalwen, and by this name she was generally known. In some versions Írimë is called Írien which may have been her father-name.

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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

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Undetermined

Irimë

Irimë (name)

Irimë's mother-name was Lalwendë or in shortened form Lalwen, and by this name she was generally known. In some versions Irimë is called Irien which may have been her father-name.

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