The primitive form of izrê “sweetheart, beloved” (SD/424), probably derived from the root ✶Ad. √ZIR. The actual primitive word was more likely ✱izrai, produced via a-fortification from the biconsonantal vowel-suppression form ✱izri. Its plural form izray+yi is also attested.
Primitive adûnaic
-yī
noun. plural inflection
izray
noun. *sweetheart, beloved
manaw
noun. spirit
The primitive form of manô “spirit” (SD/424). Its plural form manaw+yi is also attested.
The likely primitive form of the Classical Adûnaic plural inflection -î- (SD/429), appearing in a few examples of primitive plurals in the form -yi: manaw+yi, izray+yi (SD/424). Tolkien gave no indication of whether the primitive inflection was also used as an infix, as was the case for Classical Adûnaic plurals of strong-nouns.