#saila adj. "wise" (isolated from alasaila [q.v.] "unwise" in a late source)
Quenya
alasaila
unwise
alasaila
adjective. unwise
alasaila
adjective. unwise
Element in
- Q. alasaila ná lá carë tai mo nave mára “it is unwise not to do what one judges good” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
- Q. lá carita i hamil mára alasaila ná “not to do (in this case) what you judge good (would be) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
- Q. lá caritas alasaila cé nauva “not doing this may be/prove unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
- Q. lá caritas, navin, alasaila ná “not doing this would be (I think) unwise” ✧ PE22/154; VT42/33
- Q. orë nin caritas nó namin alasaila “I would like / feel moved to do so but judge it unwise” ✧ VT41/13
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “in-, un-, not; †-less, without” saila “wise”
saila
wise
saila
adjective. wise
Cognates
- S. sael “wise”
Derivations
- ᴹ√SAY “know, understand”
Element in
- Q. alasaila “unwise” ✧ VT41/18
- ᴺQ. sailiendil “philosopher”
saira
wise
saira adj. "wise" (SAY, VT46:12; a later source has the alternative formation #saila as above)
ala
not
ala, #ála (1) imperative particle á, a combined with the negation lá, -la "not" to express a prohibition (VT43:22; see lá #1). Also with 1st person suffix -lyë (alalyë and álalyë, VT43:10, 22, VT44:8) and 1st person pl. object suffix -më (alamë and álamë, "do not [do something to] us", as in álamë tulya, "do not lead us", VT43:12, 22). In the essay Quendi and Eldar, negative imperatives are rather indicated by áva, q.v., but this form can well coexist with ala, #ála.
ala-
not
ala- (2) negative prefix "not", "un-", reduced to al- before a vowel (VT42:33, GALA, VT45:25), though the example Alcorin would suggest that al- can sometimes appear before a consonant as well. In a deleted entry in Etym, al(a)- was defined as "not" and said to be a "pure negative" (VT45:5). In alahasta, Alamanyar, alasaila, Alcorin.
tára
wise
tára (2) ?"wise". (From tentative notes trying to explain Daur [unlenited *Taur] as Sindarin name of Frodo; the more normal word for "wise" seems to be saila/saira.)
tára
adjective. wise
Derivations
- ✶dāra “wise” ✧ PE17/102
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ✶dāra > tāra [dāra] > [tāra] ✧ PE17/102 Variations
- tāra ✧ PE17/102
iswa
wise
iswa adj. "wise" (LT2:339); rather saila in Tolkiens later Quenya.
canya
adjective. wise
isqua
wise
isqua ("q") adj. "wise" (LT2:339).
nóla
wise, learned
nóla ("ñ") (1) adj. "wise, learned" (ÑGOL) (note that this and the next nóla would be spelt differently in Tengwar writing, and originally they were also pronounced differently, since nóla "wise, learned" was ñóla in First Age Quenya).
istima
adjective. wise, knowledgeable, v.well informed
alasaila adj. "unwise" (VT41:13, 18; VT42:33)