Quenya 

oiala

unceasing, without end, forever

oiala adj. "unceasing, without end, forever" (PE17:68)

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
Quenya [PE17/059; PE17/069; PE17/074] Group: Eldamo. Published by

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)

Sindarin 

ui

everlasting

ui (eternal); no distict pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

ui

everlasting

(eternal); no distict pl. form. Also used as adverb ”ever, always”.

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Qenya 

oia

adverb/adjective. everlasting

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶oiyā “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY
    • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Element in

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶oı̯yā > oia[oijā] > [oija] > [oia]✧ Ety/OY
Qenya [Ety/OY; EtyAC/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Old Noldorin 

uigo

adjective. everlasting

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Derivatives

  • N. ui “ever” ✧ Ety/OY

Element in

  • On. Uigolosse “Everlasting snow” ✧ Ety/OY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√OY > Uigo[ojgo] > [oigo] > [uigo]✧ Ety/OY

Variations

  • Uigo ✧ Ety/OY (Uigo)
Old Noldorin [Ety/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Middle Primitive Elvish

oiyā

adjective. everlasting

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Derivatives

  • ᴹQ. oia “everlasting” ✧ Ety/OY

Variations

  • oı̯yā ✧ Ety/OY
Middle Primitive Elvish [Ety/OY; EtyAC/OY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

Early Quenya

vorima

adjective. everlasting

Changes

  • voroma → vorima ✧ QL/102

Cognates

  • G. brontha “continual, continuous, unceasing; everlasting”

Elements

WordGloss
vor(o)“ever, always”
-ima“-able, possible”

Variations

  • voroma ✧ QL/102 (voroma)
Early Quenya [LT1A/Bronweg; QL/102] Group: Eldamo. Published by