Primitive elvish

irit

root. peck, prick

Derivatives

  • ᴺQ. irta- “to peck, prick”
  • ᴺQ. irtë “peck, pinprick”
  • ᴺS. irth “beak”
  • ᴺS. irtha- “to peck”
Primitive elvish Group: Eldamo - neologism/adaptations. Published by

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Early Primitive Elvish

ṛtyṛ

root. peck, prick

A root in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s given as ᴱ√ᴵRTYᴵR “peck, prick” with derivatives ᴱQ. irtin “I peck, prick” and ᴱQ. irt “a peck, pinprick” (QL/43); the vowel i is simply the usual result of the syllabification of ṛ before a palatal consonant in Early Qenya (PE12/10). The words G. irt⁽⁾ “beak (of small birds)” and G. irtha- “peck” are clearly related (GL/52). I think it’s worth positing a Neo-Root ᴺ√IRIT “peck, prick” to salvage these early words.

Derivatives

  • Eq. irt- “to peck, prick” ✧ QL/043
  • Eq. irt “peck, pinprick” ✧ QL/043
  • G. irt “beak (of small birds)”

Variations

  • ᴵRTYᴵR ✧ QL/043
Early Primitive Elvish [QL/043] Group: Eldamo. Published by