virya
fresh
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.
Derivations
- √WIS “change, alter(nate), shift” ✧ PE17/189; PE17/191
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √WIS > virya- [wisja-] > [wizja-] > [βizja-] > [vizja-] > [virja-] ✧ PE17/189 √WIS > virya [wisja-] > [wizja-] > [βizja-] > [vizja-] > [virja-] ✧ PE17/191 Variations
- virya ✧ PE17/191
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.
ahya-
verb. to change
Element in
- Q. manen lambë Quendion ahyanë “How did the language of the Elves change?” ✧ PM/395
céva
fresh, new
céva ("k")adj. "fresh, new" (VT48:7, 8)
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
Derivations
- √LAY “*be alive, flourish, [ᴱ√] be alive, flourish” ✧ PE17/159
Element in
- ᴺS. laeweth “freshness”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √LAY > laew [laiwa] > [laiw] > [laew] ✧ PE17/159
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**)
gwen
root. fresh, *green, fair, unblemished, beautiful
@@@ might still be valid for Quenya derivations in the Etymologies
Element in
- ᴺQ. wenwa “lime (fruit)”
lhaeb
adjective. fresh
lhoeb
adjective. fresh
lhoeb
adjective. fresh
Changes
lhaeb→ lhoeb ✧ Ety/LÁYAKCognates
- ᴹQ. laiqa “green” ✧ Ety/LÁYAK
Derivations
Element in
- N. Lhoebelidh “Green-elves” ✧ Ety/LÁYAK; EtyAC/LÁYAK (
Lhebenidh/Lhebelidh)Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶laı̯k-wā > lhoeb [laikwa] > [laipa] > [laip] > [l̥aip] > [l̥aib] > [l̥oeb] ✧ Ety/LÁYAK ᴹ✶laı̯k-wā > lhaeb [laikwa] > [laipa] > [laip] > [l̥aip] > [l̥aib] > [l̥aeb] ✧ Ety/LÁYAK Variations
- lhaeb ✧ EtyAC/LÁYAK (
lhaeb)
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virya
adjective. fresh
Derivations
- ᴹ√WIR “new, fresh, young” ✧ EtyAC/WIR
Element in
- ᴹQ. Víresse “April, *Freshness”
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ√WIR/WĪ/WIRI > virya [wirja] > [virja] ✧ EtyAC/WIR
laikwā
adjective. fresh
Derivations
- ᴹ√LAYAK “*fresh, green” ✧ Ety/LAIK; Ety/LÁYAK
Derivatives
Variations
- laikwa ✧ Ety/LAIK
- laı̯k-wā ✧ Ety/LÁYAK
- laik-wā ✧ EtyAC/LÁYAK
brag
adjective. fresh
Element in
Variations
- Brag ✧ GL/23
loite
adjective. fresh
Derivations
- ᴱ√LAWA “*life (esp. plants)” ✧ QL/052
Element in
- Eq. il(l)oite “withered, dead” ✧ QL/041
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴱ√LAW̯A > law̯iti- > loite [lawiti] > [lawite] > [lauite] > [loite] ✧ QL/052
virya (1) adj. "fresh" (VT46:22)