Qenya
alfírimo
noun. Immortal
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldar Alphírimor “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “not, negative prefix” Fírimo “Mortal”
alfírima
adjective. immortal
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldar alphírimar “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “not, negative prefix” fírima “mortal”
ilfirin
adjective. immortal
Cognates
- S. alfirin “immortal, (lit.) not dying; a species of flower”
Derivations
- ᴹ✶ilpirin “immortal” ✧ Ety/PHIR
Elements
Word Gloss il- “no, not” firin “dead (by natural cause)” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ilpirin > ilfirin [ilpʰirin] > [ilɸirin] > [ilfirin] ✧ Ety/PHIR
An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).