níre

noun. force

nírë

tear

nírë noun "tear" (NEI)

nírë

noun. force

Cognates

• S. nîdh “full vigorous purpose, exertion of will” ✧ PE22/165

Derivations

• √NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will, will; force, press(ure), thrust; [ᴹ√] lean against” ✧ PE22/165

Element in

• Q. nírítë “forceful, exerting great thrust or pressure, driving” ✧ PE22/165

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
√NID > níre	[nide] > [niðe] > [nire]	✧ PE22/165

Variations

• níre ✧ PE22/165

nië

tear

nië noun "tear" (NEI, VT45:38, LT1:262, LT2:346); apparently níe in MC:221

Niélë

tear

Niélë fem. name (meaning unclear, cf. nië "tear"?), diminutive Nieliccilis ("k") noun "little Niéle" (MC:215; PE16:96). This may suggest that Niélë has the stem-form *Niéli-.