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Qenya 

íre

conjunction. when

Cognates

  • S. ir “?when, while”

Element in

Variations

  • íre ✧ LR/072; LR/072

íre

noun. desire, longing

Derivations

  • ᴹ✶īdē “heart, desire, wish” ✧ Ety/ID
    • ᴹ√ID “*desire, ?thought” ✧ Ety/ID

Element in

  • ᴹQ. írima “lovely, desirable” ✧ Ety/ID

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ✶īdē > íre[īdē] > [īðē] > [īðe] > [īre]✧ Ety/ID

Variations

  • íre ✧ Ety/ID; EtyAC/ID; PE22/023; PE22/052 (íre)
Qenya [Ety/ID; EtyAC/ID; PE22/023; PE22/052] Group: Eldamo. Published by

íre

noun. eternal, eternity?

Changes

  • aireīre “eternity” ✧ EtyAC/EY

Cognates

  • N. uir “eternity” ✧ Ety/EY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√EY > aire[eire] > [aire]✧ Ety/EY
ᴹ√GEY > íre[geire] > [ɣeire] > [ɣīre] > [īre]✧ Ety/GEY

Variations

  • aire ✧ Ety/EY (aire)
  • íre ✧ Ety/GEY (íre)
  • īre ✧ EtyAC/EY (īre)
Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

íra

adjective. eternal

Changes

  • airaīra “eternal” ✧ EtyAC/EY

Cognates

  • N. uireb “eternal” ✧ Ety/EY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√GEY “ever, everlasting” ✧ Ety/EY; Ety/GEY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√EY > aira[eira] > [aira]✧ Ety/EY
ᴹ√GEY > íra[geira] > [ɣeira] > [ɣīra] > [īra]✧ Ety/GEY

Variations

  • aira ✧ Ety/EY (aira)
  • īra ✧ EtyAC/EY (īra)
Qenya [Ety/EY; Ety/GEY; EtyAC/EY] Group: Eldamo. Published by

oira

adjective. eternal

Cognates

  • N. uireb “eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Derivations

  • ᴹ√OY “ever, eternal” ✧ Ety/OY

Phonetic Developments

DevelopmentStagesSources
ᴹ√OY > oira[oira]✧ Ety/OY