cenima ("k") adj. "visible" (PE17:175); cf. cen- "see". Read possibly *cénima; see -ima and cf. hraicénima "scarcely visible" (PE17:154).
Quenya
hraicénima
scarcely visible, hard to see
hraicénima
adjective. scarcely visible, hard to see
Elements
Word Gloss hrai- “hard, *difficult” cénima “visible, visible, [ᴹQ.] able to be seen” Variations
- hraicene ✧ PE17/154
cénima
adjective. visible
cénima
adjective. visible, visible, [ᴹQ.] able to be seen
Derivations
- √KEN “see, perceive, note, see, perceive, note, [ᴹ√] look at, observe, direct gaze” ✧ PE22/155
Element in
- ᴺQ. alacénima “invisible”
- Q. ascénima “visible, easily seen”
- Q. hraicénima “scarcely visible, hard to see”
- Q. Nasser ar Cenime Cantar Valaron ar Maiaron “The Natures and Visible Shapes of the Valar and Maiar” ✧ PE17/175
- ᴺQ. tercénima “transparent”
- ᴺQ. úcénima “invisible”
Elements
Word Gloss cen- “to see, behold, look, to see, behold, look, *perceive” -ima “-able, possibility, -able, [ᴹQ.] -ible, able to be done, [ᴱQ.] possible” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √KEN > kénima [kēnima] ✧ PE22/155 Variations
- kénima ✧ PE22/155
hraicenë
adjective. scarcely visible, hard to see
cenima
visible
alima
fair, good
alima adj. "fair, good" (also alya) (PE17:146)
ascenë
visible, easily seen
ascenë, ascénima (þ) adj. "visible, easily seen" (PE17:148)
-ima
fair
-ima adjectival suffix. Sometimes it is used to derive simple adjectives, like vanima "fair" or calima "bright"; it can also take on the meaning "-able" (PE17:68), as in mátima "edible" (mat- "eat"), nótima "countable" (not- "count") and (with a negative prefix) úquétima "unspeakable" (from quet- "speak"). Note that the stem-vowel is normally lengthened in the derivatives where -ima means "-able", though this fails to occur in cenima "visible" (q.v., but contrast hraicénima, q.v.) and also before a consonant cluster as in úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176). "X-ima" may mean "apt to X" (when the ending is added to an intransitive verbal stem), as in Fírimar "mortals", literally "those apt to die" (WJ:387). The adj. úfantima "not concealable" (PE17:176) also appears as úfantuma (PE17:180), indicating the existence of a variant ending -uma (possibly used to derive adjectives with a "bad" meaning; compare the ending *-unqua next to -inqua, q.v.)
linda
fair, beautiful
linda adj. "fair, beautiful" (of sound) (SLIN, LIND; VT45:27), "soft, gentle, light" (PE16:96), "beautiful, sweet, melodious of sound" (PE17:150); for Linda as a noun, see Lindar.
vanya
fair
vanya (1) adj. "fair" (FS), "beautiful" (BAN), a word referring to beauty that is "due to lack of fault, or blemish" (PE17:150), hence Arda Vanya as an alternative to Arda Alahasta for "Arda Unmarred" (ibid., compare MR:254). Nominal pl. Vanyar "the Fair", the first clan of the Eldar; the original meaning of this stem was "pale, light-coloured, not brown or dark" (WJ:382, 383, stem given as WAN), "properly = white complexion and blonde hair" (PE17:154, stem given as GWAN); stems BAN vs. WAN discussed, see PE17:150.
alya
fair, good
alya (1) adj. "fair, good" (PE17:146), "prosperous, rich, abundant, blessed" (GALA). In a deleted entry in Etym, the glosses provided were "rich, blessed"; another deleted entry defined alya as "rich, prosperous, blessed". (GALA, [ÁLAM], VT42:32, 45:5, 14)
vanë
fair
vanë adj. "fair" (LT1:272; in Tolkien's later Quenya rather vanya)
vanë
adjective. fair, fair, [ᴱQ.] lovely
Derivations
- √BAN “beauty (due to lack of fault or blemish); fair, beautiful” ✧ PE17/056
Element in
Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources √BAN > vane [bani] > [bane] > [βane] > [vane] ✧ PE17/056 Variations
- vane ✧ PE17/056
hraicénima adj. "scarcely visible, hard to see" (PE17:154). Also hraicenë.