lissë adj. "sweet" (Nam, RGEO:66); also noun "sweetness", used metaphorically for "grace" (VT43:29, VT44:18); in this sense the word may be compounded as #Erulissë, q.v. Genitive lissëo in VT44:18. - In the entry LIS in the Etymologies, Tolkien originally gave lissë as the noun "honey", but then changed it to lis with stem liss- (VT45:28)
Quenya
melwa
lovely
lissë
sweet
lissë
adjective. sweet
Cognates
Derivations
Element in
- ᴺQ. lisselë “sweetness”
- Q. mi oromardi lissë miruvóreva “of the sweet mead in lofty halls” ✧ LotR/0377; RGEO/58
- Q. lissë miruvóreva mí oromardi “of sweet nectar in the high-halls” ✧ RGEO/58
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶lissĭ- > lisse [lissi] > [lisse] ✧ PE17/154 Variations
- lissë ✧ LotR/0377
- lisse ✧ PE17/064; PE17/064; PE17/154; RGEO/58
- lísse ✧ RGEO/58
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.
melwa adj. "lovely" (LT1:262); compare melda in Tolkiens later Quenya.