mirwa

adjective. precious, valuable

A word for “precious, valuable” in notes on the Words, Phrases and Passages from the Lord of the Rings based on the root √MIR “esteem, value” (PE17/37).

mírë

noun/adjective. jewel, gem, precious thing, treasure; precious

A word first appearing with the gloss “jewel, precious thing, treasure” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√MIR (Ety/MIR). It appeared regularly in Tolkien’s later writings with the same etymology and glosses like “gem”, “jewel” and “precious thing”, and it was a common element in names. In one place Tolkien said it could also be used as an adjective “precious” (PE17/165).

maira

admirable, excellent, precious

maira adj. "admirable, excellent, precious"; "splendid, sublime" ("only of great, august or splendid things") (PE17:163, 172). Cf. Mairon.

mirwa

precious, valuable

mirwa adj. "precious, valuable" (PE17:37)

maira

adjective. admirable, excellent, precious, splendid, sublime

mírë

jewel

mírë noun "jewel" (MIR, SA:mîr), "a treasure, a precious thing" (PE17:37).Cf. Elemmírë; short form -mir in Tar-Atanamir (SA:mîr); see also Artamir.

mairon

masculine name. Admirable

The original name of Sauron before his corruption by Melkor (PE17/183). Even after his corruption, he still called himself Mairon or Tar-Mairon sometimes, at least until he lost his beautiful form after the fall of Númenor (PE17/183). This name seems to be a masculinized form of the adjective maira “admirable”.

melin

dear

melin adj. "dear" (MEL)

miruvor

mead

miruvor, full form miruvórë noun "mead", "a special wine or cordial"; possessive miruvóreva "of mead" (Nam, RGEO:66; WJ:399).In the "Qenya Lexicon", miruvórë was defined "nectar, drink of the Valar" (LT1:261).

sonda

dear, fond

[sonda adj. "dear, fond" (VT46:15)]

mir

root. precious; esteem, value

The first appearance of this root was as ᴱ√MIRI “smile”, along with variant ᴱ√MṚT͡YṚ and derivatives like ᴱQ. mire “smile” and ᴱQ. mirmile “ripple of laughter” (QL/61). However, in The Etymologies of the 1930s unglossed ᴹ√MIR had derivatives like ᴹQ. míre/N. mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure” (Ety/MIR), senses these words retained thereafter. The root √MIR appeared several times in Tolkien’s later writings with glosses like “esteem, value” (PE17/37) or “precious” (PE17/165).

miru̯(a)-wōrĭ

noun. precious juice

mīrĭ

noun/adjective. precious, precious thing

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

The noun N. mîr “jewel, precious thing, treasure” first appeared in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√MIR (Ety/MIR), and continued to appear regularly in Tolkien’s later writings with similar derivations and glosses (LotR/1115; PE17/37, 165; PM/348; RGEO/65). It is a frequent element in names.

Conceptual Development: The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s instead had G. idri “a treasure, a thing of great worth, a jewel” below a more archaic form of the same word G. †îd, both related to the name Idril (GL/50). Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. himp “jewel” (PE13/147), probably related to ᴱQ. sinqe “jewel” from this same period (PE14/42, 71), where initial s usually became h in Noldorin of the 1920s and labialized velars became labials (nq > mp).

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mair

adjective. precious

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, serving as a replacement for G. idra “dear, valued, precious” (GL/50) and inspired by ON. mirya “precious” (Ety/MIR); compare S. cair < ✶kiryā.

mîr

precious thing

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

precious thing

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

precious thing

(i vîr, construct mir) (treasure, jewel), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mîr

noun. jewel

_ n. _jewel, precious thing. Q. míre, pl1. míri. >> advir

meiras

noun. value, preciousness

A neologism coined by Paul Strack in 2018 specifically for Eldamo, serving as a replacement for G. idreth “value, dearness” (GL/50) and based on [ᴺS.] mair “precious”.

mîr

jewel

mîr (i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath. GREAT JEWEL (Silmaril) Mirion (i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mîr

jewel

(i vîr, construct mir) (precious thing, treasure), no distinct pl. form except with article (i mîr), coll. pl. míriath.

mell

adjective. dear

_ adj. _dear, beloved. Q. melda.

mail

dear

mail (lenited vail, pl. mîl), also mell (lenited vell; pl. mill), also muin (lenited vuin; no distinct pl. form)

mírdan

noun. jewel-smith

golovir

noldo-jewel

(i Ngolovir = i Ñolovir, o N’golovir = o Ñgolovir), no distinct pl. form except with article (in Golovir = i Ñgolovir). Adj.

mail

dear

(lenited vail, pl. mîl), also mell (lenited vell; pl. mill), also muin (lenited vuin; no distinct pl. form)

mirion

great jewel

(i Virion), pl. Míryn (i Míryn). (LR:373 s.v. MIR lists the archaic ”Noldorin” plural Miruin.)

mírdan

jewel-smith

(i vírdan), pl. mírdain (i mírdain)

míriel

jewel-like

(lenited víriel, pl. míril) (sparkling like a jewel)

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mîr

noun. jewel, precious thing, treasure

mell

adjective. dear

mell

adjective. dear

mirion

noun. great jewel, Silmaril

muin

adjective. dear

muin

adjective. dear

zimra Reconstructed

noun. jewel

An element appearing in the names Zimraphel (UT/224) and Zimrathôn (UT/222) and also the Hadorian name Zimrahin (WJ/234). The corresponding Quenya names Q. Míriel and Q. Hostamir both seem to contain mírë “jewel”, so this is the likely meaning of the Adûnaic word as well, as suggested by most authors (AAD/25, AL/Adûnaic, EotAL/ZIM’R).