A name given to Míriel after she became the first Elf to die of non-violent means (MR/250). This name is a compound of the verb fir- “expire” and the feminine suffix -iel.
Quenya
Fíriel
she that sighed
fíriel
feminine name. She that Died; She that Sighed
Elements
Word Gloss fir- “to die, fade, †expire, breathe forth” -iel “-daughter; feminine suffix”
Fírimo
mortal
#Fírimo noun "mortal", see fírima
fírima
mortal
fírima adj. "mortal" (PHIR; firima with a short i in VT46:4); also used as noun: Fírima pl. Fírimar "those apt to die", "mortals", an Elvish name of Mortal Men (WJ:387). This adj. is also the source of an explicit noun, personalized #Fírimo = mortal, mortal man. Pl. Fírimor (VT49:10-11), dative pl. fírimoin "for men" in Fíriel's Song; cf. also the pl. allative fírimonnar in VT44:35.
firya
proper name. Mortal
A shorter variant of Fírima (WJ/219, 387). It is the adjectival form of the root √PHIR produced by the suffix -ya.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies, the word ᴹQ. firya is glossed “human” and is derived from the same root ᴹ√PHIR (Ety/PHIR).
Cognates
- S. Feir “Mortal, Mortal, [N.] mortal man” ✧ WJ/219; WJI/Feir; WJ/219
Derivations
- √PHIR “exhale, expire, breathe out, exhale, expire, breathe out; [ᴹ√] die of natural causes” ✧ WJ/387
Derivatives
- S. Feir “Mortal, Mortal, [N.] mortal man” ✧ WJ/387
Elements
Word Gloss firya “mortal; human, [ᴹQ.] human; [Q.] mortal” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √PHIRI > Firyar [pʰirja] > [ɸirja] > [firja] ✧ WJ/387
Fíriel
Fíriel
Fíriel is Quenya for "mortal woman".
Fíriel fem. name "She that sighed" or "She that died", later name of Míriel (MR:250)