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Qenya 

ilfirin

adjective. immortal

Cognates

  • S. alfirin “immortal, (lit.) not dying; a species of flower”

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶ilpirin “immortal” ✧ Ety/PHIR

Elements

WordGloss
il-“no, not”
firin“dead (by natural cause)”

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶ilpirin > ilfirin[ilpʰirin] > [ilɸirin] > [ilfirin]✧ Ety/PHIR

alfírima

adjective. immortal

An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.

Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
al(a)-“not, negative prefix”
fírima“mortal”

alfírimo

noun. Immortal

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
al(a)-“not, negative prefix”
Fírimo“Mortal”