laew

adjective. fresh

laew

adjective. fresh

_ adj. _fresh.

laew

adjective. frequent, many

laewen

feminine name. Laewen

laeb

adjective. fresh

laeg

adjective. "viridis", fresh and green

Seldom used (replaced by calen )

laew

many

laew (frequent); no distinct pl. form.

laew

frequent

1) laew (many); no distinct pl. form. 2) rem (numerous), pl. rim. (Note: a homophone is the noun ”mesh, net”.)

laew

many

(frequent); no distinct pl. form.

laew

frequent

(many); no distinct pl. form.

laew

adjective. frequent, many

laeweth

noun. freshness

cîw

adjective. fresh, new

rem

adjective. frequent, numerous

cîw

fresh

1) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (new), 2) laeb (no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” lhoeb (LR:368 s.v. LÁYAK) 3) laeg (green), no distinct pl. form. (Note: a homophone means ”keen, sharp, acute”.) In the Woodland dialect lêg, whence leg- in the name Legolas ”Greenleaf” (Lettters:282, 386).

rem

frequent

(numerous), pl. rim. (Note: a homophone is the noun ”mesh, net”.)

lhaew

adjective. frequent, many

lhaew

adjective. frequent, many

lhaeb

adjective. fresh

lhoeb

adjective. fresh

lhoeb

adjective. fresh

rhem

adjective. frequent, numerous

rhemb

adjective. frequent, numerous

li

root. many

This root was connected to words for “many” throughout Tolkien’s life. In the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s it appeared as ᴱ√LĪ, with variant ᴱ√ILI “many” and extended form ᴱ√LIYA (LI + ya) “unite many as one” with derivatives like ᴱQ. lia- “entwine” and ᴱQ. liante “tendril” (QL/42, 53). In later writings there is no sign of the inversion √IL “many” (later √IL meant “all”), whereas ᴱ√LIYA seems to have shifted to unrelated ᴹ√SLIG with derivatives like ᴹQ. lia “fine thread, spider filament” and ᴹQ. liante “spider” (Ety/SLIG).

The base root ᴹ√LI “many” did reappear in The Etymologies of the 1930s, however (Ety/LI), and √LI “many” appeared again in etymological notes from the late 1960s (VT48/25). The long-standing connection between this root and the Quenya (partitive) plural suffixes indicates its stability in Tolkien’s mind.

gwen

root. fresh, *green, fair, unblemished, beautiful

@@@ might still be valid for Quenya derivations in the Etymologies

céva

fresh, new

céva ("k")adj. "fresh, new" (VT48:7, 8)

li(n)-

prefix. many

limbë

many

limbë (2) adj. "many", probably obsoleted by #1 above (LT2:342)

lin-

many

lin- (1) (prefix) "many" (LI), seen in lindornëa, lintyulussëa; assimilated lil- in lillassëa.

rimba

frequent, numerous

rimba adj. "frequent, numerous" (RIM)

virya

fresh

virya (1) adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)

lina

adjective. many

A neologism for the adjective “many” derived from the root √LI, typically appearing in its plural form linë. Like English, it has the sense “many but not all, a majority (of)”: compare with nótima which can be used with the “some”. Early versions of this lexicon recommended using ᴱQ. lia, but that word’s plural form collides with Q. lië “people”.