A word for “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s, a combination of G. giol “fecund” with the negative prefix G. il- (GL/50).
Gnomish
gwivrin
adjective. barren
Derivations
- G. uivrin “barren” ✧ GL/46
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources G. uivrin > gwivrin [wivrin] > [gʷivrin] ✧ GL/46
uivrin
adjective. barren
Derivatives
- G. gwivrin “barren” ✧ GL/46
ilgiol
adjective. barren
Elements
Word Gloss il- “the opposite, the reversal” giol “fecund; conceiving, having conceived, just pregnant”
An adjective appearing as G. uivrin “barren” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed, the negated form of G. ivrin “fertile” (GL/46, 74). It had a variant form G. gwivrin “barren” where with the “ui- being replaced by analogy” (GL/46).
Neo-Sindarin: I would update this word to ᴺS. aliavren “barren” for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, based on the updated word ᴺS. iavren “fertile”.