Quenya 

cálë fifírula

the light fading

The thirteenth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is cálë “light” followed by the active-participle (“-ing”) of the verb fifíru- “to fade”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> cálë fifíru-la = “✱light fad-ing”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
cálë“light”
fifíru-“to slowly fade away”

Variations

  • kále fifírula ✧ MC/222