virya

fresh

virya (1) adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)

virya-

verb. to change, alternate

This verb is intransitive, so it can be used of change of self but not of others. For change of others, use vista-.

One form of this word, wirne (PE17/191), is unclear in function. It is glossed “change” and could be a noun. However, it almost identical in form to the strong-past virne of virya- attested on PE17/189. It seems likely to me that this is the archaic form of the strong-past tense from before the change of ✶w- to v-.

Evidence elsewhere suggests the noun form of “change” is vistë.

virya-

change, alter(nate)

virya- (2) vb. "change, alter(nate)" (intransitive), pa.t. virnë/virinyë, cf. transitive vista-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

viryaitë

adjective. fickle, (lit.) apt to change

A neologism for “fickle” coined by Shihali posted on 2020-02-03 in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord Server (VLDS), a combination of virya- “to change” and the suffix -itë “apt to”, so more literally “apt to change”.

Víressë

april

Víressë noun, fourth month of the year, "April" (Appendix D). The Quenya name is apparently related to words for youth and freshness; compare vírië, virya.

vista-

change

vista- (2) vb. "change" (transitive), pa.t. vistanë, cf. intransitive virya-, q.v. (PE17:189, 191)

wirnë

noun. change

@@@ Despite its gloss, wirnë might be the archaic strong past tense of virya-: it is almost identical to the strong past tense form on PE17/189. For a noun form, vistë may be preferable.

vistë Reconstructed

noun. change

This word is unattested, but there is indirect evidence for it as an element of walwistë “change of mind” (PE17/189). This word likely contains the archaic form †wistë from before the change of w- to v-. Its modern form would be ✱vistë. If you accept inwist- as the stem form of inwis “change of mind”, it likely contains †wistë as well.

There is another attested word wirne with the gloss “change” (PE17/191), but I think it is likelier to be the archaic form of the strong-past tense of the verb virya- instead of a noun.

ahya-

change

#ahya- vb. "change" (intransitive), only attested in the past tense: ahyanë (PM:395)

ahya-

verb. to change

céva

fresh, new

céva ("k")adj. "fresh, new" (VT48:7, 8)

wirnë

change

wirnë noun? "change" (PE17:191)

wistë

noun. change

lhaeb

adjective. fresh

lhoeb

adjective. fresh

lhoeb

adjective. fresh

cîw

adjective. fresh, new

gwirith

noun. april (month)

laeb

adjective. fresh

laeg

adjective. "viridis", fresh and green

Seldom used (replaced by calen )

laew

adjective. fresh

_ adj. _fresh.

laew

adjective. fresh

cîw

fresh

1) cîw (lenited gîw; no distinct pl. form) (new), 2) laeb (no distinct pl. form). Suggested Sindarin form of ”Noldorin” lhoeb (LR:368 s.v. LÁYAK) 3) laeg (green), no distinct pl. form. (Note: a homophone means ”keen, sharp, acute”.) In the Woodland dialect lêg, whence leg- in the name Legolas ”Greenleaf” (Lettters:282, 386).

gwirith

april

Gwirith (na **Wirith**)

gwist

noun. change

gwen

root. fresh, *green, fair, unblemished, beautiful

@@@ might still be valid for Quenya derivations in the Etymologies