Fíriel

she that sighed

Fíriel fem. name "She that sighed" or "She that died", later name of Míriel (MR:250)

fíriel

feminine name. She that Died; She that Sighed

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.

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.

Fírimo

mortal

#Fírimo noun "mortal", see fírima

Fíriel

Fíriel

Fíriel is Quenya for "mortal woman".

Fíriel Fairbairn

Fíriel Fairbairn

Fíriel was likely named after the character from the song The Last Ship, Fíriel, who was in turn named after the Gondorian princess. The name means "mortal woman" in Quenya.

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).