ausa

dim shape, spectral or vague apparition

ausa (þ) noun "a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition" (VT42:10, cf. 9). Compare fairë.

ausa

noun. dim shape, spectral or vague apparition

Derivations

• ✶aw’tha “a dim shape, spectral or vague apparition” ✧ VT42/09
  • √WATH “*shade, [ᴹ√] shade” ✧ VT42/09

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶aw’tha > auþa > ausa	[awtʰa] > [autʰa] > [auθa] > [ausa]	✧ VT42/09

fairë

phantom, disembodied spirit, when seen as a pale shape

fairë(1) noun "phantom, disembodied spirit, when seen as a pale shape" (pl. fairi in Markirya); compare ausa. The noun fairë was also used = "spirit (in general)", as a kind of being (MR:349, PE17:124). In VT43:37 and VT44:17, fairë refers to the Holy Spirit (fairë aista or Aina Fairë)