Quenya 

oia(la)

adjective. everlasting, unceasing, without end, for ever

Derivations

  • √OY “ever, continual, unceasing” ✧ PE17/069

Element in

  • Q. oialë “forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity, forever; everlastingly, eternally, in eternity; [ᴹQ.] everlasting age” ✧ PE17/059; PE17/074

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
√OY > oia[oja] > [oia]✧ PE17/069

Variations

  • oia ✧ PE17/059; PE17/069; PE17/074
  • oiala ✧ PE17/069
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oia

everlasting

oia adj. "everlasting" (OY); according to VT46:8 the word is both adjective and adverb. An explicitly adverbial form oiavë is mentioned elsewhere (PE17:74)